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
05a55a6 Added EVENT_CFLAGS to test makefile to explicitly include libevent headers. (Karl-Johan Alm)
280a559 Added some simple tests for the RAII-style events. (Karl-Johan Alm)
7f7f102 Switched bitcoin-cli.cpp to use RAII unique pointers with deleters. (Karl-Johan Alm)
e5534d2 Added std::unique_ptr<> wrappers with deleters for libevent modules. (Karl-Johan Alm)
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.
67dac4e Add unit tests for the CuckooCache (Jeremy Rubin)
c9e69fb Add CuckooCache implementation and replace the sigcache map_type with it (Jeremy Rubin)
GetTotalBlocksEstimate is no longer used and it was the only thing
the checkpoint tests were testing.
Since checkpoints are on their way out it makes more sense to remove
the test file than to cook up a new pointless test.
As per meeting 2016-03-31
https://bitcoincore.org/en/meetings/2016/03/31/#bad-chain-alerts
The partition checker was producing huge number of false-positives
and was disabled in 0.12.1 on the understanding it would either be
fixed in 0.13 or removed entirely from master if not.
This was caused by an pyc files hanging around from previous
python2 invocations, when the matching .py missing from that path.
This should not be a problem with python3's tagged caches.
1475ecf Fix de-serialization bug where AddrMan is corrupted after exception * CAddrDB modified so that when de-serialization code throws an exception Addrman is reset to a clean state * CAddrDB modified to make unit tests possible * Regression test created to ensure bug is fixed * StartNode modifed to clear adrman if CAddrDB::Read returns an error code. (EthanHeilman)
Verify that results correct (match known values), consistent (encrypt->decrypt
matches the original), and compatible with the previous openssl implementation.
Also check that failed encrypts/decrypts fail the exact same way as openssl.
* CAddrDB modified so that when de-serialization code throws an exception Addrman is reset to a clean state
* CAddrDB modified to make unit tests possible
* Regression test created to ensure bug is fixed
* StartNode modifed to clear adrman if CAddrDB::Read returns an error code.
Ubuntu 16.04 "xenial xerus" does not come with Python 2.x by default.
It is possible to install a python-2.7 package, but this has its own
problem: no `python` or `python2` symlink (see #7717).
This fixes the following scripts to work with python 3:
- `make check` (bctest,py, bitcoin-util-test.py)
- `make translate` (extract_strings_qt.py)
- `make symbols-check` (symbol-check.py)
- `make security-check` (security-check.py)
Explicitly call the python commands using $(PYTHON) instead
of relying on the interpreter line at the top of the scripts.
This test is no longer relevant.
It was introduced in 8c222dca4f to check
the switch to 1MB blocks after the BDB too-many-locks issue back in
2013. The switching code has been long since removed.
It also needs a specific data file that is hard to find. I've verified
in #6320 that it still passes, however I think there is zero reason to
keep it.
Closes#6320.
cf82d05 Build: Consensus: Make libbitcoinconsensus_la_SOURCES fully dynamic and dependend on both crypto and consensus packages (Jorge Timón)
4feadec Build: Libconsensus: Move libconsensus-ready files to the consensus package (Jorge Timón)
a3d5eec Build: Consensus: Move consensus files from common to its own module/package (Jorge Timón)
aa4b0c2 When not filtering blocks, getdata sends more in one test (Pieter Wuille)
d41e44c Actually only use filterInventoryKnown with MSG_TX inventory messages. (Gregory Maxwell)
b6a0da4 Only use filterInventoryKnown with MSG_TX inventory messages. (Patick Strateman)
6b84935 Rename setInventoryKnown filterInventoryKnown (Patick Strateman)
e206724 Remove mruset as it is no longer used. (Gregory Maxwell)
ec73ef3 Replace setInventoryKnown with a rolling bloom filter. (Gregory Maxwell)
