BlockchainReactor syncs first before ConsensusReactor.

consensus/reactor.go

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ const (
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// The reactor's underlying ConsensusState may change state at any time.
+// We atomically copy the RoundState struct before using it.
 type ConsensusReactor struct {
 	sw      *p2p.Switch
 	started uint32

consensus/state.go

@@ -467,6 +467,8 @@ func (cs *ConsensusState) updateToState(state *sm.State) {
 	// Reset fields based on state.
 	validators := state.BondedValidators
 	height := state.LastBlockHeight + 1 // next desired block height
+
+	// RoundState fields
 	cs.Height = height
 	cs.Round = 0
 	cs.Step = RoundStepNewHeight

consensus/vote_set.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ type VoteSet struct {
 	maj23Exists   bool
 }
 
-// Constructs a new VoteSet struct used to accumulate votes for each round.
+// Constructs a new VoteSet struct used to accumulate votes for given height/round.
 func NewVoteSet(height uint, round uint, type_ byte, valSet *sm.ValidatorSet) *VoteSet {
 	if height == 0 {
 		panic("Cannot make VoteSet for height == 0, doesn't make sense.")