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1// Copyright (c) 2017-present The Bitcoin Core developers
2// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
3// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
4
5#include <chain.h>
6#include <node/blockstorage.h>
7#include <rpc/blockchain.h>
8#include <sync.h>
9#include <test/util/setup_common.h>
10#include <util/string.h>
11
12#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
13
14#include <cstdlib>
15
16using util::ToString;
17
18/* Equality between doubles is imprecise. Comparison should be done
19 * with a small threshold of tolerance, rather than exact equality.
20 */
21static bool DoubleEquals(double a, double b, double epsilon)
22{
23    return std::abs(a - b) < epsilon;
24}
25
26static CBlockIndex* CreateBlockIndexWithNbits(uint32_t nbits)
27{
28    CBlockIndex* block_index = new CBlockIndex();
29    block_index->nHeight = 46367;
30    block_index->nTime = 1269211443;
31    block_index->nBits = nbits;
32    return block_index;
33}
34
35static void RejectDifficultyMismatch(double difficulty, double expected_difficulty) {
36     BOOST_CHECK_MESSAGE(
37        DoubleEquals(difficulty, expected_difficulty, 0.00001),
38        "Difficulty was " + ToString(difficulty)
39            + " but was expected to be " + ToString(expected_difficulty));
40}
41
42/* Given a BlockIndex with the provided nbits,
43 * verify that the expected difficulty results.
44 */
45static void TestDifficulty(uint32_t nbits, double expected_difficulty)
46{
47    CBlockIndex* block_index = CreateBlockIndexWithNbits(nbits);
48    double difficulty = GetDifficulty(*block_index);
49    delete block_index;
50
51    RejectDifficultyMismatch(difficulty, expected_difficulty);
52}
53
54BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(blockchain_tests, BasicTestingSetup)
55
56BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(get_difficulty_for_very_low_target)
57{
58    TestDifficulty(0x1f111111, 0.000001);
59}
60
61BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(get_difficulty_for_low_target)
62{
63    TestDifficulty(0x1ef88f6f, 0.000016);
64}
65
66BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(get_difficulty_for_mid_target)
67{
68    TestDifficulty(0x1df88f6f, 0.004023);
69}
70
71BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(get_difficulty_for_high_target)
72{
73    TestDifficulty(0x1cf88f6f, 1.029916);
74}
75
76BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(get_difficulty_for_very_high_target)
77{
78    TestDifficulty(0x12345678, 5913134931067755359633408.0);
79}
80
81//! Prune chain from height down to genesis block and check that
82//! GetPruneHeight returns the correct value
83static void CheckGetPruneHeight(const node::BlockManager& blockman, const CChain& chain, int height) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(::cs_main)
84{
85    AssertLockHeld(::cs_main);
86
87    // Emulate pruning all blocks from `height` down to the genesis block
88    // by unsetting the `BLOCK_HAVE_DATA` flag from `nStatus`
89    for (CBlockIndex* it{chain[height]}; it != nullptr && it->nHeight > 0; it = it->pprev) {
90        it->nStatus &= ~BLOCK_HAVE_DATA;
91    }
92
93    const auto prune_height{GetPruneHeight(blockman, chain)};
94    BOOST_REQUIRE(prune_height.has_value());
95    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(*prune_height, height);
96}
97
98BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(get_prune_height, TestChain100Setup)
99{
100    LOCK(::cs_main);
101    const auto& chain = m_node.chainman->ActiveChain();
102    const auto& blockman = m_node.chainman->m_blockman;
103
104    // Fresh chain of 100 blocks without any pruned blocks, so std::nullopt should be returned
105    BOOST_CHECK(!GetPruneHeight(blockman, chain).has_value());
106
107    // Start pruning
108    CheckGetPruneHeight(blockman, chain, 1);
109    CheckGetPruneHeight(blockman, chain, 99);
110    CheckGetPruneHeight(blockman, chain, 100);
111}
112
113BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(num_chain_tx_max)
114{
115    CBlockIndex block_index{};
116    block_index.m_chain_tx_count = std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max();
117    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(block_index.m_chain_tx_count, std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max());
118}
119
120BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(invalidate_block, TestChain100Setup)
121{
122    const CChain& active{*WITH_LOCK(Assert(m_node.chainman)->GetMutex(), return &Assert(m_node.chainman)->ActiveChain())};
123
124    // Check BlockStatus when doing InvalidateBlock()
125    BlockValidationState state;
126    auto* orig_tip = active.Tip();
127    int height_to_invalidate = orig_tip->nHeight - 10;
128    auto* tip_to_invalidate = active[height_to_invalidate];
129    m_node.chainman->ActiveChainstate().InvalidateBlock(state, tip_to_invalidate);
130
131    // tip_to_invalidate just got invalidated, so it's BLOCK_FAILED_VALID
132    WITH_LOCK(::cs_main, assert(tip_to_invalidate->nStatus & BLOCK_FAILED_VALID));
133
134    // check all ancestors of the invalidated block are validated up to BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS and are not invalid
135    auto pindex = tip_to_invalidate->pprev;
136    while (pindex) {
137        WITH_LOCK(::cs_main, assert(pindex->IsValid(BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS)));
138        WITH_LOCK(::cs_main, assert((pindex->nStatus & BLOCK_FAILED_VALID) == 0));
139        pindex = pindex->pprev;
140    }
141
142    // check all descendants of the invalidated block are BLOCK_FAILED_VALID
143    pindex = orig_tip;
144    while (pindex && pindex != tip_to_invalidate) {
145        WITH_LOCK(::cs_main, assert(pindex->nStatus & BLOCK_FAILED_VALID));
146        pindex = pindex->pprev;
147    }
148}
149
150BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
151

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src/rpc/blockchain.cpp

src/rpc/rawtransaction.cpp

src/init.cpp

src/crypto/sha256.cpp

src/consensus/merkle.h

src/consensus/tx_check.h

src/consensus/tx_verify.h

src/policy/feerate.h

src/policy/feerate.cpp

src/primitives/transaction_identifier.h

src/chainparamsbase.h

src/chainparamsbase.cpp

src/util/moneystr.cpp

src/crypto/ripemd160.h

src/crypto/sha1.h

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src/crypto/hmac_sha256.h

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src/crypto/hkdf_sha256_32.h

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src/support/cleanse.cpp

src/crypto/siphash.cpp

src/crypto/muhash.h

src/crypto/chacha20.h

src/crypto/poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.h

src/crypto/chacha20poly1305.cpp

src/util/chaintype.cpp

src/util/obfuscation.h

src/util/byte_units.h

src/util/overflow.h

src/blockencodings.cpp

src/net_permissions.cpp

src/policy/packages.cpp

src/policy/rbf.cpp

src/policy/truc_policy.cpp

src/policy/ephemeral_policy.cpp

src/policy/settings.cpp

src/policy/policy.cpp

src/node/transaction.cpp

src/node/coin.cpp

src/rpc/client.cpp

src/rpc/external_signer.cpp

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src/rpc/server_util.cpp

src/rpc/fees.cpp

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src/rpc/util.cpp

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src/wallet/rpc/coins.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/encrypt.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/signmessage.cpp

src/wallet/rpc/util.cpp

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src/index/txindex.h

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src/index/txindex_key.h

src/index/txospenderindex.h

src/index/txospenderindex.cpp

src/index/blockfilterindex.h

src/index/blockfilterindex.cpp

src/index/coinstatsindex.h

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src/index/db_key.h

src/index/disktxpos.h

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src/wallet/transaction.cpp

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src/wallet/dump.cpp

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src/kernel/bitcoinkernel_wrapper.h

src/node/chainstate.cpp

src/node/chainstate.h

src/node/blockstorage.cpp

src/node/blockstorage.h

src/node/mempool_persist.cpp

src/node/mempool_persist.h

src/node/utxo_snapshot.cpp

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src/node/kernel_notifications.cpp

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src/node/database_args.cpp

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src/interfaces/types.h

src/node/chainstatemanager_args.h

src/node/minisketchwrapper.h

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src/node/mempool_args.h

src/util/asmap.h

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src/node/context.cpp

src/util/insert.h

src/util/readwritefile.h

src/node/peerman_args.cpp

src/node/interface_ui.cpp

src/interfaces/handler.h

src/node/mining_args.h

src/util/hasher.cpp

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src/kernel/mempool_limits.h

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