Move the OS random test to a sanity check function that is called every
time bitcoind is initialized.
Keep `src/test/random_tests.cpp` for the case that later random tests
are added, and keep a rudimentary test that just calls the sanity check.
These are available in sandboxes without access to files or
devices. Also [they are safer and more straightforward](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy-supplying_system_calls)
to use than `/dev/urandom` as reading from a file has quite a few edge
cases:
- Linux: `getrandom(buf, buflen, 0)`. [getrandom(2)](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/getrandom.2.html)
was introduced in version 3.17 of the Linux kernel.
- OpenBSD: `getentropy(buf, buflen)`. The [getentropy(2)](http://man.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man2/getentropy.2)
function appeared in OpenBSD 5.6.
- FreeBSD and NetBSD: `sysctl(KERN_ARND)`. Not sure when this was added
but it has existed for quite a while.
Alternatives:
- Linux has sysctl `CTL_KERN` / `KERN_RANDOM` / `RANDOM_UUID`
which gives 16 bytes of randomness. This may be available
on older kernels, however [sysctl is deprecated on Linux](https://lwn.net/Articles/605392/)
and even removed in some distros so we shouldn't use it.
Add tests for `GetOSRand()`:
- Test that no error happens (otherwise `RandFailure()` which aborts)
- Test that all 32 bytes are overwritten (initialize with zeros, try multiple times)
Discussion:
- When to use these? Currently they are always used when available.
Another option would be to use them only when `/dev/urandom` is not
available. But this would mean these code paths receive less testing,
and I'm not sure there is any reason to prefer `/dev/urandom`.
Closes: #9676
Minimum boost version was bumped to 1.47.0 in #8920, which
means the configure step won't even pass with older boost.
This version has boost filesystem v3, which means the
(crappy) fallbacks for older versions can go.
Prior to this commit the err variable was not guaranteed to be set before
the check ...
BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(err != SCRIPT_ERR_OK, ScriptErrorString(err));
Fee estimation can just check its own mapMemPoolTxs to determine the same information. Note that now fee estimation for block processing must happen before those transactions are removed, but this shoudl be a speedup.
We were marking coins FRESH before being sure they were not overwriting dirty undo data. This condition was never reached in existing code because undo data was always flushed before UpdateCoins was called with new transactions, but could have been exposed in an otherwise safe refactor.
Clarify in the comments the assumptions made in ModifyNewCoins.
Add ability to undo transactions to UpdateCoins unit test.
Thanks to Russ Yanofsky for suggestion on how to make logic clearer and fixing up the ccoins_modify_new test cases.
This commit add testcases to test the following functions in bitcoin-tx:
- add a pay to non-standard script output
- add a P2SH output
- add a P2WSH output
- add a P2WSH wrapped in a P2SH output
- add a pay to pub key output
- add a P2WPKH output
- add a P2WPKH wrapped in a P2SH output
- add a bare multisig output
- add a multisig in P2SH output
- add a multisig in a P2WSH output
- add a multisig in a P2WSH wrapped in as P2SH output
Defers to pre-defined version if found (e.g. protobuf). For protobuf case, the definitions are identical and thus include order should not affect results.
SQUASHME: Change cuckoocache to only work for powers of two, to avoid mod operator
SQUASHME: Update Documentation and simplify logarithm logic
SQUASHME: OSX Build Errors
SQUASHME: minor Feedback from sipa + bluematt
SQUASHME: DOCONLY: Clarify a few comments.
Wladimir J. van der Laan