Merge #10196: Bugfix: PrioritiseTransaction updates the mempool tx counter

6c2e25c [qa] Test prioritise_transaction / getblocktemplate interaction (Suhas Daftuar)
acc2e4b Bugfix: PrioritiseTransaction updates the mempool tx counter (Suhas Daftuar)

Tree-SHA512: dcf834df52d84d5eb86acb847c3f28d3cffd1f78f3092b8ff8913c2c400675a071c48a19cd852fdbaac1582aa1dba23433e0e16055831ef2a5e76dde91199941

src/txmempool.cpp

@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ void CTxMemPool::PrioritiseTransaction(const uint256& hash, const CAmount& nFeeD
             BOOST_FOREACH(txiter descendantIt, setDescendants) {
                 mapTx.modify(descendantIt, update_ancestor_state(0, nFeeDelta, 0, 0));
             }
+            ++nTransactionsUpdated;
         }
     }
     LogPrintf("PrioritiseTransaction: %s feerate += %s\n", hash.ToString(), FormatMoney(nFeeDelta));

src/txmempool.h

@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class CTxMemPool
 {
 private:
     uint32_t nCheckFrequency; //!< Value n means that n times in 2^32 we check.
-    unsigned int nTransactionsUpdated;
+    unsigned int nTransactionsUpdated; //!< Used by getblocktemplate to trigger CreateNewBlock() invocation
     CBlockPolicyEstimator* minerPolicyEstimator;
 
     uint64_t totalTxSize;      //!< sum of all mempool tx's virtual sizes. Differs from serialized tx size since witness data is discounted. Defined in BIP 141.

test/functional/prioritise_transaction.py

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ class PrioritiseTransactionTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def __init__(self):
         super().__init__()
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
-        self.num_nodes = 1
-        self.extra_args = [["-printpriority=1"]]
+        self.num_nodes = 2
+        self.extra_args = [["-printpriority=1"], ["-printpriority=1"]]
 
     def run_test(self):
         self.txouts = gen_return_txouts()
@@ -115,5 +115,16 @@ class PrioritiseTransactionTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         assert_equal(self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx_hex), tx_id)
         assert(tx_id in self.nodes[0].getrawmempool())
 
+        # Test that calling prioritisetransaction is sufficient to trigger
+        # getblocktemplate to (eventually) return a new block.
+        mock_time = int(time.time())
+        self.nodes[0].setmocktime(mock_time)
+        template = self.nodes[0].getblocktemplate()
+        self.nodes[0].prioritisetransaction(tx_id, -int(self.relayfee*COIN))
+        self.nodes[0].setmocktime(mock_time+10)
+        new_template = self.nodes[0].getblocktemplate()
+
+        assert(template != new_template)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     PrioritiseTransactionTest().main()