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clusterlin: inline UpdateChunk into (De)Activate (optimization)

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What the developer wrote

Authored by Pieter Wuille

78/100 · Adequate
clusterlin: inline UpdateChunk into (De)Activate (optimization)

The two calls to UpdateChunk, in Activate and Deactive each, are subtly
different: the top one needs to update the chunk_idx of iterated
transactions, while the bottom one leaves it unchanged. To exploit this
difference, inline the four function calls, getting rid of UpdateChunks.

This is also a preparation for a future improvement that inlines the
recomputation of reachable sets in the same loop in Deactivate.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine code cleanup in Bitcoin Core's transaction-cluster linearization logic. It removes a helper function called UpdateChunk and copies its logic directly into the two places that used it (Activate and Deactivate). The behavior is intended to stay exactly the same; the change is described by the author as an optimization and preparation for future work. There is no indication of a security fix.

Recommended action

No security action required. Review as normal code-quality/optimization change.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 12/100

Our methodology →
Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 8/10
Evidence quality 4/5
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