There are only a few uses of `insecure_random` outside the tests.
This PR replaces uses of insecure_random (and its accompanying global
state) in the core code with an FastRandomContext that is automatically
seeded on creation.
This is meant to be used for inner loops. The FastRandomContext
can be in the outer scope, or the class itself, then rand32() is used
inside the loop. Useful e.g. for pushing addresses in CNode or the fee
rounding, or randomization for coin selection.
As a context is created per purpose, thus it gets rid of
cross-thread unprotected shared usage of a single set of globals, this
should also get rid of the potential race conditions.
- I'd say TxMempool::check is not called enough to warrant using a special
fast random context, this is switched to GetRand() (open for
discussion...)
- The use of `insecure_rand` in ConnectThroughProxy has been replaced by
an atomic integer counter. The only goal here is to have a different
credentials pair for each connection to go on a different Tor circuit,
it does not need to be random nor unpredictable.
- To avoid having a FastRandomContext on every CNode, the context is
passed into PushAddress as appropriate.
There remains an insecure_random for test usage in `test_random.h`.
The new Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) allows a user to run a bash shell directly on Windows in an Ubuntu based environment. This can be used to cross-compile Bitcoin directly on Windows without the need for a separate Linux VM or Server. The instructions included in this commit explain how to configure the environment and build Bitcoin Core using this new feature.
1df3111 protocol.h: Make enums in GetDataMsg concrete values (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
2c09a52 protocol.h: Move MESSAGE_START_SIZE into CMessageHeader (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
f9bd92d version.h: s/shord/short/ in comment (Wladimir J. van der Laan)
Adding in response to a Slack discussion where someone was unclear on the fact
that a NACK may be justified if code can't be accepted due to copyright/patent
issues. For example, it would be reasonable and prudent to NACK a contribution
of AGPL-licensed consensus code on the basis that the license terms are
incompatible with the MIT license used by the rest of the codebase.
27acfc1 [qa] Update p2p-compactblocks.py for compactblocks v2 (Suhas Daftuar)
422fac6 [qa] Add support for compactblocks v2 to mininode (Suhas Daftuar)
f5b9b8f [qa] Fix bug in mininode witness deserialization (Suhas Daftuar)
6aa28ab Use cmpctblock type 2 for segwit-enabled transfer (Pieter Wuille)
be7555f Fix overly-prescriptive p2p-segwit test for new fetch logic (Matt Corallo)
06128da Make GetFetchFlags always request witness objects from witness peers (Matt Corallo)
This concretizes the numbers and adds a comment to make it clear that
these numbers are fixed by the protocol, and may avoid people forgetting
to claim numbers in the future (e.g. issue #8500).
Also gets rid of a weird unused `MSG_TYPE_MAX` in the middle of the
enumeration (thanks @paveljanik for noticing).
Wladimir J. van der Laan