`RewindBlockIndex` was made to allow nodes upgrading to new consensus rules post-segwit fork to 
download new consensus data (i.e witnesses) without having to go through a whole IBD. It has been pointed than now really few pre-segwit nodes care to upgrade and that this logic may be irrelevant.

See https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17737#discussion_r358514335 in review  of #17737 for more context pointers.
{
    pos.nFile = nFile;
    LOCK(cs_LastBlockFile);
    pos.nPos = vinfoBlockFile[nFile].nUndoSize;
    vinfoBlockFile[nFile].nUndoSize += nAddSize;
    setDirtyFileInfo.insert(nFile);
    bool out_of_space;
    size_t bytes_allocated = UndoFileSeq().Allocate(pos, nAddSize, out_of_space);
    if (out_of_space) {
        return AbortNode(state, "Disk space is too low!", _("Disk space is too low!"));
    }
    if (bytes_allocated != 0 && fPruneMode) {
        fCheckForPruning = true;
    }
    return true;
}
static bool CheckBlockHeader(const CBlockHeader& block, BlockValidationState& state, const Consensus::Params& consensusParams, bool fCheckPOW = true)