trie: avoid loading the root node twice

New checks whether the root node is present by loading it from the
database. Keep the node around instead of discarding it.

trie/trie.go

@@ -93,13 +93,11 @@ func New(root common.Hash, db Database) (*Trie, error) {
 		if db == nil {
 			panic("trie.New: cannot use existing root without a database")
 		}
-		if v, _ := trie.db.Get(root[:]); len(v) == 0 {
+		rootnode, err := trie.resolveHash(root[:], nil, nil)
-			return nil, &MissingNodeError{
+		if err != nil {
-				RootHash: root,
+			return nil, err
-				NodeHash: root,
-			}
 		}
-		trie.root = hashNode(root.Bytes())
+		trie.root = rootnode
 	}
 	return trie, nil
 }