Merge pull request #7062

901b01d Remove GetMinRelayFee (Suhas Daftuar)
27fae34 Use fee deltas for determining mempool acceptance (Suhas Daftuar)
9ef2a25 Update replace-by-fee logic to use fee deltas (Suhas Daftuar)
eb30666 Fix mempool limiting for PrioritiseTransaction (Suhas Daftuar)

qa/rpc-tests/mempool_packages.py

@@ -64,17 +64,41 @@ class MempoolPackagesTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         for x in reversed(chain):
             assert_equal(mempool[x]['descendantcount'], descendant_count)
             descendant_fees += mempool[x]['fee']
+            assert_equal(mempool[x]['modifiedfee'], mempool[x]['fee'])
             assert_equal(mempool[x]['descendantfees'], SATOSHIS*descendant_fees)
             descendant_size += mempool[x]['size']
             assert_equal(mempool[x]['descendantsize'], descendant_size)
             descendant_count += 1
 
+        # Check that descendant modified fees includes fee deltas from
+        # prioritisetransaction
+        self.nodes[0].prioritisetransaction(chain[-1], 0, 1000)
+        mempool = self.nodes[0].getrawmempool(True)
+
+        descendant_fees = 0
+        for x in reversed(chain):
+            descendant_fees += mempool[x]['fee']
+            assert_equal(mempool[x]['descendantfees'], SATOSHIS*descendant_fees+1000)
+
         # Adding one more transaction on to the chain should fail.
         try:
             self.chain_transaction(self.nodes[0], txid, vout, value, fee, 1)
         except JSONRPCException as e:
             print "too-long-ancestor-chain successfully rejected"
 
+        # Check that prioritising a tx before it's added to the mempool works
+        self.nodes[0].generate(1)
+        self.nodes[0].prioritisetransaction(chain[-1], 0, 2000)
+        self.nodes[0].invalidateblock(self.nodes[0].getbestblockhash())
+        mempool = self.nodes[0].getrawmempool(True)
+
+        descendant_fees = 0
+        for x in reversed(chain):
+            descendant_fees += mempool[x]['fee']
+            if (x == chain[-1]):
+                assert_equal(mempool[x]['modifiedfee'], mempool[x]['fee']+satoshi_round(0.00002))
+            assert_equal(mempool[x]['descendantfees'], SATOSHIS*descendant_fees+2000)
+
         # TODO: check that node1's mempool is as expected
 
         # TODO: test ancestor size limits

qa/rpc-tests/prioritise_transaction.py

@@ -143,5 +143,45 @@ class PrioritiseTransactionTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             if (x != high_fee_tx):
                 assert(x not in mempool)
 
+        # Create a free, low priority transaction.  Should be rejected.
+        utxo_list = self.nodes[0].listunspent()
+        assert(len(utxo_list) > 0)
+        utxo = utxo_list[0]
+
+        inputs = []
+        outputs = {}
+        inputs.append({"txid" : utxo["txid"], "vout" : utxo["vout"]})
+        outputs[self.nodes[0].getnewaddress()] = utxo["amount"] - self.relayfee
+        raw_tx = self.nodes[0].createrawtransaction(inputs, outputs)
+        tx_hex = self.nodes[0].signrawtransaction(raw_tx)["hex"]
+        txid = self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx_hex)
+
+        # A tx that spends an in-mempool tx has 0 priority, so we can use it to
+        # test the effect of using prioritise transaction for mempool acceptance
+        inputs = []
+        inputs.append({"txid": txid, "vout": 0})
+        outputs = {}
+        outputs[self.nodes[0].getnewaddress()] = utxo["amount"] - self.relayfee
+        raw_tx2 = self.nodes[0].createrawtransaction(inputs, outputs)
+        tx2_hex = self.nodes[0].signrawtransaction(raw_tx2)["hex"]
+        tx2_id = self.nodes[0].decoderawtransaction(tx2_hex)["txid"]
+
+        try:
+            self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx2_hex)
+        except JSONRPCException as exp:
+            assert_equal(exp.error['code'], -26) # insufficient fee
+            assert(tx2_id not in self.nodes[0].getrawmempool())
+        else:
+            assert(False)
+
+        # This is a less than 1000-byte transaction, so just set the fee
+        # to be the minimum for a 1000 byte transaction and check that it is
+        # accepted.
+        self.nodes[0].prioritisetransaction(tx2_id, 0, int(self.relayfee*COIN))
+
+        print "Assert that prioritised free transaction is accepted to mempool"
+        assert_equal(self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx2_hex), tx2_id)
+        assert(tx2_id in self.nodes[0].getrawmempool())
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     PrioritiseTransactionTest().main()

qa/rpc-tests/replace-by-fee.py

@@ -63,8 +63,14 @@ def make_utxo(node, amount, confirmed=True, scriptPubKey=CScript([1])):
 
     # If requested, ensure txouts are confirmed.
     if confirmed:
-        while len(node.getrawmempool()):
+        mempool_size = len(node.getrawmempool())
+        while mempool_size > 0:
             node.generate(1)
+            new_size = len(node.getrawmempool())
+            # Error out if we have something stuck in the mempool, as this
+            # would likely be a bug.
+            assert(new_size < mempool_size)
+            mempool_size = new_size
 
     return COutPoint(int(txid, 16), 0)
 
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@ class ReplaceByFeeTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
 
     def setup_network(self):
         self.nodes = []
-        self.nodes.append(start_node(0, self.options.tmpdir, ["-maxorphantx=1000",
+        self.nodes.append(start_node(0, self.options.tmpdir, ["-maxorphantx=1000", "-debug",
                                                               "-relaypriority=0", "-whitelist=127.0.0.1",
                                                               "-limitancestorcount=50",
                                                               "-limitancestorsize=101",
@@ -108,6 +114,9 @@ class ReplaceByFeeTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         print "Running test opt-in..."
         self.test_opt_in()
 
+        print "Running test prioritised transactions..."
+        self.test_prioritised_transactions()
+
         print "Passed\n"
 
     def test_simple_doublespend(self):
@@ -513,5 +522,72 @@ class ReplaceByFeeTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         # but make sure it is accepted anyway
         self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx3c_hex, True)
 
+    def test_prioritised_transactions(self):
+        # Ensure that fee deltas used via prioritisetransaction are
+        # correctly used by replacement logic
+
+        # 1. Check that feeperkb uses modified fees
+        tx0_outpoint = make_utxo(self.nodes[0], 1.1*COIN)
+
+        tx1a = CTransaction()
+        tx1a.vin = [CTxIn(tx0_outpoint, nSequence=0)]
+        tx1a.vout = [CTxOut(1*COIN, CScript([b'a']))]
+        tx1a_hex = txToHex(tx1a)
+        tx1a_txid = self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx1a_hex, True)
+
+        # Higher fee, but the actual fee per KB is much lower.
+        tx1b = CTransaction()
+        tx1b.vin = [CTxIn(tx0_outpoint, nSequence=0)]
+        tx1b.vout = [CTxOut(0.001*COIN, CScript([b'a'*740000]))]
+        tx1b_hex = txToHex(tx1b)
+
+        # Verify tx1b cannot replace tx1a.
+        try:
+            tx1b_txid = self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx1b_hex, True)
+        except JSONRPCException as exp:
+            assert_equal(exp.error['code'], -26)
+        else:
+            assert(False)
+
+        # Use prioritisetransaction to set tx1a's fee to 0.
+        self.nodes[0].prioritisetransaction(tx1a_txid, 0, int(-0.1*COIN))
+
+        # Now tx1b should be able to replace tx1a
+        tx1b_txid = self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx1b_hex, True)
+
+        assert(tx1b_txid in self.nodes[0].getrawmempool())
+
+        # 2. Check that absolute fee checks use modified fee.
+        tx1_outpoint = make_utxo(self.nodes[0], 1.1*COIN)
+
+        tx2a = CTransaction()
+        tx2a.vin = [CTxIn(tx1_outpoint, nSequence=0)]
+        tx2a.vout = [CTxOut(1*COIN, CScript([b'a']))]
+        tx2a_hex = txToHex(tx2a)
+        tx2a_txid = self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx2a_hex, True)
+
+        # Lower fee, but we'll prioritise it
+        tx2b = CTransaction()
+        tx2b.vin = [CTxIn(tx1_outpoint, nSequence=0)]
+        tx2b.vout = [CTxOut(1.01*COIN, CScript([b'a']))]
+        tx2b.rehash()
+        tx2b_hex = txToHex(tx2b)
+
+        # Verify tx2b cannot replace tx2a.
+        try:
+            tx2b_txid = self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx2b_hex, True)
+        except JSONRPCException as exp:
+            assert_equal(exp.error['code'], -26)
+        else:
+            assert(False)
+
+        # Now prioritise tx2b to have a higher modified fee
+        self.nodes[0].prioritisetransaction(tx2b.hash, 0, int(0.1*COIN))
+
+        # tx2b should now be accepted
+        tx2b_txid = self.nodes[0].sendrawtransaction(tx2b_hex, True)
+
+        assert(tx2b_txid in self.nodes[0].getrawmempool())
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     ReplaceByFeeTest().main()

src/main.cpp

@@ -800,32 +800,6 @@ void LimitMempoolSize(CTxMemPool& pool, size_t limit, unsigned long age) {
         pcoinsTip->Uncache(removed);
 }
 
-CAmount GetMinRelayFee(const CTransaction& tx, const CTxMemPool& pool, unsigned int nBytes, bool fAllowFree)
-{
-    uint256 hash = tx.GetHash();
-    double dPriorityDelta = 0;
-    CAmount nFeeDelta = 0;
-    pool.ApplyDeltas(hash, dPriorityDelta, nFeeDelta);
-    if (dPriorityDelta > 0 || nFeeDelta > 0)
-        return 0;
-
-    CAmount nMinFee = ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nBytes);
-
-    if (fAllowFree)
-    {
-        // There is a free transaction area in blocks created by most miners,
-        // * If we are relaying we allow transactions up to DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE - 1000
-        //   to be considered to fall into this category. We don't want to encourage sending
-        //   multiple transactions instead of one big transaction to avoid fees.
-        if (nBytes < (DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE - 1000))
-            nMinFee = 0;
-    }
-
-    if (!MoneyRange(nMinFee))
-        nMinFee = MAX_MONEY;
-    return nMinFee;
-}
-
 /** Convert CValidationState to a human-readable message for logging */
 std::string FormatStateMessage(const CValidationState &state)
 {
@@ -968,6 +942,11 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
 
         CAmount nValueOut = tx.GetValueOut();
         CAmount nFees = nValueIn-nValueOut;
+        // nModifiedFees includes any fee deltas from PrioritiseTransaction
+        CAmount nModifiedFees = nFees;
+        double nPriorityDummy = 0;
+        pool.ApplyDeltas(hash, nPriorityDummy, nModifiedFees);
+
         CAmount inChainInputValue;
         double dPriority = view.GetPriority(tx, chainActive.Height(), inChainInputValue);
 
@@ -985,16 +964,10 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
         CTxMemPoolEntry entry(tx, nFees, GetTime(), dPriority, chainActive.Height(), pool.HasNoInputsOf(tx), inChainInputValue, fSpendsCoinbase, nSigOps);
         unsigned int nSize = entry.GetTxSize();
 
-        // Don't accept it if it can't get into a block
-        CAmount txMinFee = GetMinRelayFee(tx, pool, nSize, true);
-        if (fLimitFree && nFees < txMinFee)
-            return state.DoS(0, false, REJECT_INSUFFICIENTFEE, "insufficient fee", false,
-                strprintf("%d < %d", nFees, txMinFee));
-
         CAmount mempoolRejectFee = pool.GetMinFee(GetArg("-maxmempool", DEFAULT_MAX_MEMPOOL_SIZE) * 1000000).GetFee(nSize);
-        if (mempoolRejectFee > 0 && nFees < mempoolRejectFee) {
+        if (mempoolRejectFee > 0 && nModifiedFees < mempoolRejectFee) {
             return state.DoS(0, false, REJECT_INSUFFICIENTFEE, "mempool min fee not met", false, strprintf("%d < %d", nFees, mempoolRejectFee));
-        } else if (GetBoolArg("-relaypriority", DEFAULT_RELAYPRIORITY) && nFees < ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize) && !AllowFree(entry.GetPriority(chainActive.Height() + 1))) {
+        } else if (GetBoolArg("-relaypriority", DEFAULT_RELAYPRIORITY) && nModifiedFees < ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize) && !AllowFree(entry.GetPriority(chainActive.Height() + 1))) {
             // Require that free transactions have sufficient priority to be mined in the next block.
             return state.DoS(0, false, REJECT_INSUFFICIENTFEE, "insufficient priority");
         }
@@ -1002,7 +975,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
         // Continuously rate-limit free (really, very-low-fee) transactions
         // This mitigates 'penny-flooding' -- sending thousands of free transactions just to
         // be annoying or make others' transactions take longer to confirm.
-        if (fLimitFree && nFees < ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize))
+        if (fLimitFree && nModifiedFees < ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize))
         {
             static CCriticalSection csFreeLimiter;
             static double dFreeCount;
@@ -1067,7 +1040,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
         LOCK(pool.cs);
         if (setConflicts.size())
         {
-            CFeeRate newFeeRate(nFees, nSize);
+            CFeeRate newFeeRate(nModifiedFees, nSize);
             set<uint256> setConflictsParents;
             const int maxDescendantsToVisit = 100;
             CTxMemPool::setEntries setIterConflicting;
@@ -1110,7 +1083,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
                 // ignored when deciding whether or not to replace, we do
                 // require the replacement to pay more overall fees too,
                 // mitigating most cases.
-                CFeeRate oldFeeRate(mi->GetFee(), mi->GetTxSize());
+                CFeeRate oldFeeRate(mi->GetModifiedFee(), mi->GetTxSize());
                 if (newFeeRate <= oldFeeRate)
                 {
                     return state.DoS(0,
@@ -1138,7 +1111,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
                     pool.CalculateDescendants(it, allConflicting);
                 }
                 BOOST_FOREACH(CTxMemPool::txiter it, allConflicting) {
-                    nConflictingFees += it->GetFee();
+                    nConflictingFees += it->GetModifiedFee();
                     nConflictingSize += it->GetTxSize();
                 }
             } else {
@@ -1171,16 +1144,16 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
             // The replacement must pay greater fees than the transactions it
             // replaces - if we did the bandwidth used by those conflicting
             // transactions would not be paid for.
-            if (nFees < nConflictingFees)
+            if (nModifiedFees < nConflictingFees)
             {
                 return state.DoS(0, error("AcceptToMemoryPool: rejecting replacement %s, less fees than conflicting txs; %s < %s",
-                                          hash.ToString(), FormatMoney(nFees), FormatMoney(nConflictingFees)),
+                                          hash.ToString(), FormatMoney(nModifiedFees), FormatMoney(nConflictingFees)),
                                  REJECT_INSUFFICIENTFEE, "insufficient fee");
             }
 
             // Finally in addition to paying more fees than the conflicts the
             // new transaction must pay for its own bandwidth.
-            CAmount nDeltaFees = nFees - nConflictingFees;
+            CAmount nDeltaFees = nModifiedFees - nConflictingFees;
             if (nDeltaFees < ::minRelayTxFee.GetFee(nSize))
             {
                 return state.DoS(0,
@@ -1218,7 +1191,7 @@ bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(CTxMemPool& pool, CValidationState &state, const C
             LogPrint("mempool", "replacing tx %s with %s for %s BTC additional fees, %d delta bytes\n",
                     it->GetTx().GetHash().ToString(),
                     hash.ToString(),
-                    FormatMoney(nFees - nConflictingFees),
+                    FormatMoney(nModifiedFees - nConflictingFees),
                     (int)nSize - (int)nConflictingSize);
         }
         pool.RemoveStaged(allConflicting);

src/main.h

@@ -300,8 +300,6 @@ struct CDiskTxPos : public CDiskBlockPos
 };
 
 
-CAmount GetMinRelayFee(const CTransaction& tx, unsigned int nBytes, bool fAllowFree);
-
 /** 
  * Count ECDSA signature operations the old-fashioned (pre-0.6) way
  * @return number of sigops this transaction's outputs will produce when spent

src/rpcblockchain.cpp

@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ UniValue mempoolToJSON(bool fVerbose = false)
             info.push_back(Pair("currentpriority", e.GetPriority(chainActive.Height())));
             info.push_back(Pair("descendantcount", e.GetCountWithDescendants()));
             info.push_back(Pair("descendantsize", e.GetSizeWithDescendants()));
-            info.push_back(Pair("descendantfees", e.GetFeesWithDescendants()));
+            info.push_back(Pair("descendantfees", e.GetModFeesWithDescendants()));
             const CTransaction& tx = e.GetTx();
             set<string> setDepends;
             BOOST_FOREACH(const CTxIn& txin, tx.vin)
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ UniValue getrawmempool(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
             "    \"currentpriority\" : n,  (numeric) transaction priority now\n"
             "    \"descendantcount\" : n,  (numeric) number of in-mempool descendant transactions (including this one)\n"
             "    \"descendantsize\" : n,   (numeric) size of in-mempool descendants (including this one)\n"
-            "    \"descendantfees\" : n,   (numeric) fees of in-mempool descendants (including this one)\n"
+            "    \"descendantfees\" : n,   (numeric) modified fees (see above) of in-mempool descendants (including this one)\n"
             "    \"depends\" : [           (array) unconfirmed transactions used as inputs for this transaction\n"
             "        \"transactionid\",    (string) parent transaction id\n"
             "       ... ]\n"

src/txmempool.cpp

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ CTxMemPoolEntry::CTxMemPoolEntry(const CTransaction& _tx, const CAmount& _nFee,
 
     nCountWithDescendants = 1;
     nSizeWithDescendants = nTxSize;
-    nFeesWithDescendants = nFee;
+    nModFeesWithDescendants = nFee;
     CAmount nValueIn = tx.GetValueOut()+nFee;
     assert(inChainInputValue <= nValueIn);
 
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ CTxMemPoolEntry::GetPriority(unsigned int currentHeight) const
 
 void CTxMemPoolEntry::UpdateFeeDelta(int64_t newFeeDelta)
 {
+    nModFeesWithDescendants += newFeeDelta - feeDelta;
     feeDelta = newFeeDelta;
 }
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ bool CTxMemPool::UpdateForDescendants(txiter updateIt, int maxDescendantsToVisit
     BOOST_FOREACH(txiter cit, setAllDescendants) {
         if (!setExclude.count(cit->GetTx().GetHash())) {
             modifySize += cit->GetTxSize();
-            modifyFee += cit->GetFee();
+            modifyFee += cit->GetModifiedFee();
             modifyCount++;
             cachedDescendants[updateIt].insert(cit);
         }
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ void CTxMemPool::UpdateAncestorsOf(bool add, txiter it, setEntries &setAncestors
     }
     const int64_t updateCount = (add ? 1 : -1);
     const int64_t updateSize = updateCount * it->GetTxSize();
-    const CAmount updateFee = updateCount * it->GetFee();
+    const CAmount updateFee = updateCount * it->GetModifiedFee();
     BOOST_FOREACH(txiter ancestorIt, setAncestors) {
         mapTx.modify(ancestorIt, update_descendant_state(updateSize, updateFee, updateCount));
     }
@@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ void CTxMemPoolEntry::SetDirty()
 {
     nCountWithDescendants = 0;
     nSizeWithDescendants = nTxSize;
-    nFeesWithDescendants = nFee;
+    nModFeesWithDescendants = GetModifiedFee();
 }
 
 void CTxMemPoolEntry::UpdateState(int64_t modifySize, CAmount modifyFee, int64_t modifyCount)
@@ -312,8 +313,7 @@ void CTxMemPoolEntry::UpdateState(int64_t modifySize, CAmount modifyFee, int64_t
     if (!IsDirty()) {
         nSizeWithDescendants += modifySize;
         assert(int64_t(nSizeWithDescendants) > 0);
-        nFeesWithDescendants += modifyFee;
-        assert(nFeesWithDescendants >= 0);
+        nModFeesWithDescendants += modifyFee;
         nCountWithDescendants += modifyCount;
         assert(int64_t(nCountWithDescendants) > 0);
     }
@@ -372,6 +372,17 @@ bool CTxMemPool::addUnchecked(const uint256& hash, const CTxMemPoolEntry &entry,
     indexed_transaction_set::iterator newit = mapTx.insert(entry).first;
     mapLinks.insert(make_pair(newit, TxLinks()));
 
+    // Update transaction for any feeDelta created by PrioritiseTransaction
+    // TODO: refactor so that the fee delta is calculated before inserting
+    // into mapTx.
+    std::map<uint256, std::pair<double, CAmount> >::const_iterator pos = mapDeltas.find(hash);
+    if (pos != mapDeltas.end()) {
+        const std::pair<double, CAmount> &deltas = pos->second;
+        if (deltas.second) {
+            mapTx.modify(newit, update_fee_delta(deltas.second));
+        }
+    }
+
     // Update cachedInnerUsage to include contained transaction's usage.
     // (When we update the entry for in-mempool parents, memory usage will be
     // further updated.)
@@ -399,15 +410,6 @@ bool CTxMemPool::addUnchecked(const uint256& hash, const CTxMemPoolEntry &entry,
     }
     UpdateAncestorsOf(true, newit, setAncestors);
 
-    // Update transaction's score for any feeDelta created by PrioritiseTransaction
-    std::map<uint256, std::pair<double, CAmount> >::const_iterator pos = mapDeltas.find(hash);
-    if (pos != mapDeltas.end()) {
-        const std::pair<double, CAmount> &deltas = pos->second;
-        if (deltas.second) {
-            mapTx.modify(newit, update_fee_delta(deltas.second));
-        }
-    }
-
     nTransactionsUpdated++;
     totalTxSize += entry.GetTxSize();
     minerPolicyEstimator->processTransaction(entry, fCurrentEstimate);
@@ -644,27 +646,24 @@ void CTxMemPool::check(const CCoinsViewCache *pcoins) const
         CTxMemPool::setEntries setChildrenCheck;
         std::map<COutPoint, CInPoint>::const_iterator iter = mapNextTx.lower_bound(COutPoint(it->GetTx().GetHash(), 0));
         int64_t childSizes = 0;
-        CAmount childFees = 0;
+        CAmount childModFee = 0;
         for (; iter != mapNextTx.end() && iter->first.hash == it->GetTx().GetHash(); ++iter) {
             txiter childit = mapTx.find(iter->second.ptx->GetHash());
             assert(childit != mapTx.end()); // mapNextTx points to in-mempool transactions
             if (setChildrenCheck.insert(childit).second) {
                 childSizes += childit->GetTxSize();
-                childFees += childit->GetFee();
+                childModFee += childit->GetModifiedFee();
             }
         }
         assert(setChildrenCheck == GetMemPoolChildren(it));
-        // Also check to make sure size/fees is greater than sum with immediate children.
+        // Also check to make sure size is greater than sum with immediate children.
         // just a sanity check, not definitive that this calc is correct...
-        // also check that the size is less than the size of the entire mempool.
         if (!it->IsDirty()) {
             assert(it->GetSizeWithDescendants() >= childSizes + it->GetTxSize());
-            assert(it->GetFeesWithDescendants() >= childFees + it->GetFee());
         } else {
             assert(it->GetSizeWithDescendants() == it->GetTxSize());
-            assert(it->GetFeesWithDescendants() == it->GetFee());
+            assert(it->GetModFeesWithDescendants() == it->GetModifiedFee());
         }
-        assert(it->GetFeesWithDescendants() >= 0);
 
         if (fDependsWait)
             waitingOnDependants.push_back(&(*it));
@@ -788,6 +787,14 @@ void CTxMemPool::PrioritiseTransaction(const uint256 hash, const string strHash,
         txiter it = mapTx.find(hash);
         if (it != mapTx.end()) {
             mapTx.modify(it, update_fee_delta(deltas.second));
+            // Now update all ancestors' modified fees with descendants
+            setEntries setAncestors;
+            uint64_t nNoLimit = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
+            std::string dummy;
+            CalculateMemPoolAncestors(*it, setAncestors, nNoLimit, nNoLimit, nNoLimit, nNoLimit, dummy, false);
+            BOOST_FOREACH(txiter ancestorIt, setAncestors) {
+                mapTx.modify(ancestorIt, update_descendant_state(0, nFeeDelta, 0));
+            }
         }
     }
     LogPrintf("PrioritiseTransaction: %s priority += %f, fee += %d\n", strHash, dPriorityDelta, FormatMoney(nFeeDelta));
@@ -956,7 +963,7 @@ void CTxMemPool::TrimToSize(size_t sizelimit, std::vector<uint256>* pvNoSpendsRe
         // "minimum reasonable fee rate" (ie some value under which we consider txn
         // to have 0 fee). This way, we don't allow txn to enter mempool with feerate
         // equal to txn which were removed with no block in between.
-        CFeeRate removed(it->GetFeesWithDescendants(), it->GetSizeWithDescendants());
+        CFeeRate removed(it->GetModFeesWithDescendants(), it->GetSizeWithDescendants());
         removed += minReasonableRelayFee;
         trackPackageRemoved(removed);
         maxFeeRateRemoved = std::max(maxFeeRateRemoved, removed);

src/txmempool.h

@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ class CTxMemPool;
  * ("descendant" transactions).
  *
  * When a new entry is added to the mempool, we update the descendant state
- * (nCountWithDescendants, nSizeWithDescendants, and nFeesWithDescendants) for
+ * (nCountWithDescendants, nSizeWithDescendants, and nModFeesWithDescendants) for
  * all ancestors of the newly added transaction.
  *
  * If updating the descendant state is skipped, we can mark the entry as
- * "dirty", and set nSizeWithDescendants/nFeesWithDescendants to equal nTxSize/
- * nTxFee. (This can potentially happen during a reorg, where we limit the
+ * "dirty", and set nSizeWithDescendants/nModFeesWithDescendants to equal nTxSize/
+ * nFee+feeDelta. (This can potentially happen during a reorg, where we limit the
  * amount of work we're willing to do to avoid consuming too much CPU.)
  *
  */
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ private:
     // Information about descendants of this transaction that are in the
     // mempool; if we remove this transaction we must remove all of these
     // descendants as well.  if nCountWithDescendants is 0, treat this entry as
-    // dirty, and nSizeWithDescendants and nFeesWithDescendants will not be
+    // dirty, and nSizeWithDescendants and nModFeesWithDescendants will not be
     // correct.
     uint64_t nCountWithDescendants; //! number of descendant transactions
     uint64_t nSizeWithDescendants;  //! ... and size
-    CAmount nFeesWithDescendants;  //! ... and total fees (all including us)
+    CAmount nModFeesWithDescendants;  //! ... and total fees (all including us)
 
 public:
     CTxMemPoolEntry(const CTransaction& _tx, const CAmount& _nFee,
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ public:
 
     // Adjusts the descendant state, if this entry is not dirty.
     void UpdateState(int64_t modifySize, CAmount modifyFee, int64_t modifyCount);
-    // Updates the fee delta used for mining priority score
+    // Updates the fee delta used for mining priority score, and the
+    // modified fees with descendants.
     void UpdateFeeDelta(int64_t feeDelta);
 
     /** We can set the entry to be dirty if doing the full calculation of in-
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ public:
 
     uint64_t GetCountWithDescendants() const { return nCountWithDescendants; }
     uint64_t GetSizeWithDescendants() const { return nSizeWithDescendants; }
-    CAmount GetFeesWithDescendants() const { return nFeesWithDescendants; }
+    CAmount GetModFeesWithDescendants() const { return nModFeesWithDescendants; }
 
     bool GetSpendsCoinbase() const { return spendsCoinbase; }
 };
@@ -163,27 +164,27 @@ struct mempoolentry_txid
     }
 };
 
-/** \class CompareTxMemPoolEntryByFee
+/** \class CompareTxMemPoolEntryByDescendantScore
  *
- *  Sort an entry by max(feerate of entry's tx, feerate with all descendants).
+ *  Sort an entry by max(score/size of entry's tx, score/size with all descendants).
  */
-class CompareTxMemPoolEntryByFee
+class CompareTxMemPoolEntryByDescendantScore
 {
 public:
     bool operator()(const CTxMemPoolEntry& a, const CTxMemPoolEntry& b)
     {
-        bool fUseADescendants = UseDescendantFeeRate(a);
-        bool fUseBDescendants = UseDescendantFeeRate(b);
+        bool fUseADescendants = UseDescendantScore(a);
+        bool fUseBDescendants = UseDescendantScore(b);
 
-        double aFees = fUseADescendants ? a.GetFeesWithDescendants() : a.GetFee();
+        double aModFee = fUseADescendants ? a.GetModFeesWithDescendants() : a.GetModifiedFee();
         double aSize = fUseADescendants ? a.GetSizeWithDescendants() : a.GetTxSize();
 
-        double bFees = fUseBDescendants ? b.GetFeesWithDescendants() : b.GetFee();
+        double bModFee = fUseBDescendants ? b.GetModFeesWithDescendants() : b.GetModifiedFee();
         double bSize = fUseBDescendants ? b.GetSizeWithDescendants() : b.GetTxSize();
 
         // Avoid division by rewriting (a/b > c/d) as (a*d > c*b).
-        double f1 = aFees * bSize;
-        double f2 = aSize * bFees;
+        double f1 = aModFee * bSize;
+        double f2 = aSize * bModFee;
 
         if (f1 == f2) {
             return a.GetTime() >= b.GetTime();
@@ -191,11 +192,11 @@ public:
         return f1 < f2;
     }
 
-    // Calculate which feerate to use for an entry (avoiding division).
-    bool UseDescendantFeeRate(const CTxMemPoolEntry &a)
+    // Calculate which score to use for an entry (avoiding division).
+    bool UseDescendantScore(const CTxMemPoolEntry &a)
     {
-        double f1 = (double)a.GetFee() * a.GetSizeWithDescendants();
-        double f2 = (double)a.GetFeesWithDescendants() * a.GetTxSize();
+        double f1 = (double)a.GetModifiedFee() * a.GetSizeWithDescendants();
+        double f2 = (double)a.GetModFeesWithDescendants() * a.GetTxSize();
         return f2 > f1;
     }
 };
@@ -350,7 +351,7 @@ public:
             // sorted by fee rate
             boost::multi_index::ordered_non_unique<
                 boost::multi_index::identity<CTxMemPoolEntry>,
-                CompareTxMemPoolEntryByFee
+                CompareTxMemPoolEntryByDescendantScore
             >,
             // sorted by entry time
             boost::multi_index::ordered_non_unique<