Trigger -alertnotify if network is upgrading without you

This adds a -regetest-only undocumented (for regression testing only)
command-line option -blockversion=N to set block.nVersion.

Adds to the "has the rest of the network upgraded to a
block.nVersion we don't understand" code so it calls
-alertnotify when 51 of the last 100 blocks are up-version.
But it only alerts once, not with every subsequent new, upversion
block.

And adds a forknotify.py regression test to make sure it works.

Tested using forknotify.py:

Before adding CAlert::Notify, get:
Assertion failed: -alertnotify did not warn of up-version blocks

Before adding code to only alert once:
Assertion failed: -alertnotify excessive warning of up-version blocks

After final code in this pull:
Tests successful
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Gavin Andresen 2014-10-07 14:22:58 -04:00
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@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ make check
# Run RPC integration test on Linux:
@abs_top_srcdir@/qa/rpc-tests/wallet.sh @abs_top_srcdir@/linux-build/src
@abs_top_srcdir@/qa/rpc-tests/listtransactions.py --srcdir @abs_top_srcdir@/linux-build/src
@abs_top_srcdir@/qa/rpc-tests/forknotify.py --srcdir @abs_top_srcdir@/linux-build/src
# Clean up cache/ directory that the python regression tests create
rm -rf cache

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qa/rpc-tests/forknotify.py Executable file
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@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright (c) 2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
# Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
# file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
#
# Test -alertnotify
#
from test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
from bitcoinrpc.authproxy import AuthServiceProxy, JSONRPCException
from util import *
import os
import shutil
class ForkNotifyTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
alert_filename = None # Set by setup_network
def setup_network(self, test_dir):
nodes = []
self.alert_filename = os.path.join(test_dir, "alert.txt")
with open(self.alert_filename, 'w') as f:
pass # Just open then close to create zero-length file
nodes.append(start_node(0, test_dir,
["-blockversion=2", "-alertnotify=echo %s >> '" + self.alert_filename + "'"]))
# Node1 mines block.version=211 blocks
nodes.append(start_node(1, test_dir,
["-blockversion=211"]))
connect_nodes(nodes[1], 0)
sync_blocks(nodes)
return nodes
def run_test(self, nodes):
# Mine 51 up-version blocks
nodes[1].setgenerate(True, 51)
sync_blocks(nodes)
# -alertnotify should trigger on the 51'st,
# but mine and sync another to give
# -alertnotify time to write
nodes[1].setgenerate(True, 1)
sync_blocks(nodes)
with open(self.alert_filename, 'r') as f:
alert_text = f.read()
if len(alert_text) == 0:
raise AssertionError("-alertnotify did not warn of up-version blocks")
# Mine more up-version blocks, should not get more alerts:
nodes[1].setgenerate(True, 1)
sync_blocks(nodes)
nodes[1].setgenerate(True, 1)
sync_blocks(nodes)
with open(self.alert_filename, 'r') as f:
alert_text2 = f.read()
if alert_text != alert_text2:
raise AssertionError("-alertnotify excessive warning of up-version blocks")
if __name__ == '__main__':
ForkNotifyTest().main()

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@ -1755,7 +1755,8 @@ void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
cvBlockChange.notify_all();
// Check the version of the last 100 blocks to see if we need to upgrade:
if (!IsInitialBlockDownload())
static bool fWarned = false;
if (!IsInitialBlockDownload() && !fWarned)
{
int nUpgraded = 0;
const CBlockIndex* pindex = chainActive.Tip();
@ -1768,8 +1769,12 @@ void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
if (nUpgraded > 0)
LogPrintf("SetBestChain: %d of last 100 blocks above version %d\n", nUpgraded, (int)CBlock::CURRENT_VERSION);
if (nUpgraded > 100/2)
{
// strMiscWarning is read by GetWarnings(), called by Qt and the JSON-RPC code to warn the user:
strMiscWarning = _("Warning: This version is obsolete, upgrade required!");
CAlert::Notify(strMiscWarning, true);
fWarned = true;
}
}
}

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@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ CBlockTemplate* CreateNewBlock(const CScript& scriptPubKeyIn)
return NULL;
CBlock *pblock = &pblocktemplate->block; // pointer for convenience
// -regtest only: allow overriding block.nVersion with
// -blockversion=N to test forking scenarios
if (Params().MineBlocksOnDemand())
pblock->nVersion = GetArg("-blockversion", pblock->nVersion);
// Create coinbase tx
CMutableTransaction txNew;
txNew.vin.resize(1);