release: prepare for release v1.4.1-alpha (#2270)

core: skip checking state root existence when do snapsync by fast node

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
+## v1.4.1
+FEATURE
+NA
+
+BUGFIX
+* [\#2258](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2258) core: skip checking state root existence when do snapsync by fast node
+* [\#2252](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/pull/2252) fix: add missing args of `bls account generate-proof` cmd (#2252)
+
+IMPROVEMENT
+NA
+
 ## v1.4.0
 #### RPC
 [internal/ethapi: implement eth_getBlockReceipts (#27702)](https://github.com/bnb-chain/bsc/commit/f1801a9feda8f81532c92077d2c9a8b785fd699b)

cmd/geth/blsaccountcmd.go

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Delete the selected BLS account from the BLS wallet.`,
 						Name:      "generate-proof",
 						Usage:     "Generate ownership proof for the selected BLS account from the BLS wallet",
 						Action:    blsAccountGenerateProof,
-						ArgsUsage: "<BLS pubkey>",
+						ArgsUsage: "<operator address> <BLS pubkey>",
 						Category:  "BLS ACCOUNT COMMANDS",
 						Flags: []cli.Flag{
 							utils.DataDirFlag,

core/blockchain.go

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func NewBlockChain(db ethdb.Database, cacheConfig *CacheConfig, genesis *Genesis
 	// Make sure the state associated with the block is available, or log out
 	// if there is no available state, waiting for state sync.
 	head := bc.CurrentBlock()
-	if !bc.HasState(head.Root) {
+	if !bc.NoTries() && !bc.HasState(head.Root) {
 		if head.Number.Uint64() == 0 {
 			// The genesis state is missing, which is only possible in the path-based
 			// scheme. This situation occurs when the initial state sync is not finished
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ func (bc *BlockChain) SnapSyncCommitHead(hash common.Hash) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	if !bc.HasState(root) {
+	if !bc.NoTries() && !bc.HasState(root) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("non existent state [%x..]", root[:4])
 	}
 	// If all checks out, manually set the head block.

params/version.go

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 1  // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 4  // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 0  // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 1  // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )