separated the policy to decide if we forge batch or not

coordinator/pipeline.go

@@ -389,6 +389,14 @@ func (p *Pipeline) sendServerProof(ctx context.Context, batchInfo *BatchInfo) er
 	return nil
 }
 
+// check if we reach the ForgeDelay or not before batch forging
+func (p *Pipeline) preForgeBatchCheck(slotCommitted bool, now time.Time) error {
+	if slotCommitted && now.Sub(p.lastForgeTime) < p.cfg.ForgeDelay {
+		return errForgeBeforeDelay
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // forgeBatch forges the batchNum batch.
 func (p *Pipeline) forgeBatch(batchNum common.BatchNum) (batchInfo *BatchInfo, err error) {
 	// remove transactions from the pool that have been there for too long
@@ -421,8 +429,8 @@ func (p *Pipeline) forgeBatch(batchNum common.BatchNum) (batchInfo *BatchInfo, e
 	}
 
 	// If we haven't reached the ForgeDelay, skip forging the batch
-	if slotCommitted && now.Sub(p.lastForgeTime) < p.cfg.ForgeDelay {
+	if err = p.preForgeBatchCheck(slotCommitted, now); err != nil {
-		return nil, tracerr.Wrap(errForgeBeforeDelay)
+		return nil, tracerr.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
 	// 1. Decide if we forge L2Tx or L1+L2Tx
@@ -454,35 +462,9 @@ func (p *Pipeline) forgeBatch(batchNum common.BatchNum) (batchInfo *BatchInfo, e
 	// If there are no txs to forge, no l1UserTxs in the open queue to
 	// freeze, and we haven't reached the ForgeNoTxsDelay, skip forging the
 	// batch.
-	if slotCommitted && now.Sub(p.lastForgeTime) < p.cfg.ForgeNoTxsDelay {
+	if err = p.postForgeBatchCheck(slotCommitted, now, l1UserTxsExtra, l1CoordTxs, poolL2Txs, batchInfo); err != nil {
-		noTxs := false
-		if len(l1UserTxsExtra) == 0 && len(l1CoordTxs) == 0 && len(poolL2Txs) == 0 {
-			if batchInfo.L1Batch {
-				// Query the number of unforged L1UserTxs
-				// (either in a open queue or in a frozen
-				// not-yet-forged queue).
-				count, err := p.historyDB.GetUnforgedL1UserTxsCount()
-				if err != nil {
 		return nil, tracerr.Wrap(err)
 	}
-				// If there are future L1UserTxs, we forge a
-				// batch to advance the queues to be able to
-				// forge the L1UserTxs in the future.
-				// Otherwise, skip.
-				if count == 0 {
-					noTxs = true
-				}
-			} else {
-				noTxs = true
-			}
-		}
-		if noTxs {
-			if err := p.txSelector.Reset(batchInfo.BatchNum-1, false); err != nil {
-				return nil, tracerr.Wrap(err)
-			}
-			return nil, tracerr.Wrap(errForgeNoTxsBeforeDelay)
-		}
-	}
 
 	if batchInfo.L1Batch {
 		p.state.lastScheduledL1BatchBlockNum = p.stats.Eth.LastBlock.Num + 1
@@ -539,6 +521,41 @@ func (p *Pipeline) forgeBatch(batchNum common.BatchNum) (batchInfo *BatchInfo, e
 	return batchInfo, nil
 }
 
+// check if there is no txs to forge, no l1UserTxs in the open queue to freeze and we haven't reached the ForgeNoTxsDelay
+func (p *Pipeline) postForgeBatchCheck(slotCommitted bool, now time.Time, l1UserTxsExtra, l1CoordTxs []common.L1Tx,
+	poolL2Txs []common.PoolL2Tx, batchInfo *BatchInfo) error {
+	if slotCommitted && now.Sub(p.lastForgeTime) < p.cfg.ForgeNoTxsDelay {
+		noTxs := false
+		if len(l1UserTxsExtra) == 0 && len(l1CoordTxs) == 0 && len(poolL2Txs) == 0 {
+			if batchInfo.L1Batch {
+				// Query the number of unforged L1UserTxs
+				// (either in a open queue or in a frozen
+				// not-yet-forged queue).
+				count, err := p.historyDB.GetUnforgedL1UserTxsCount()
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				// If there are future L1UserTxs, we forge a
+				// batch to advance the queues to be able to
+				// forge the L1UserTxs in the future.
+				// Otherwise, skip.
+				if count == 0 {
+					noTxs = true
+				}
+			} else {
+				noTxs = true
+			}
+		}
+		if noTxs {
+			if err := p.txSelector.Reset(batchInfo.BatchNum-1, false); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			return errForgeNoTxsBeforeDelay
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // waitServerProof gets the generated zkProof & sends it to the SmartContract
 func (p *Pipeline) waitServerProof(ctx context.Context, batchInfo *BatchInfo) error {
 	proof, pubInputs, err := batchInfo.ServerProof.GetProof(ctx) // blocking call,