Remove testBlockValidity() from mining interface

It's very low level and not used by the proposed Template Provider.

This method was introduced in d8a3496b5a
and a74b0f93ef.

src/interfaces/mining.h

@@ -106,18 +106,6 @@ public:
     //! used to decide whether to make a new block template.
     virtual unsigned int getTransactionsUpdated() = 0;
 
-    /**
-     * Check a block is completely valid from start to finish.
-     * Only works on top of our current best block.
-     * Does not check proof-of-work.
-     *
-     * @param[in] block the block to validate
-     * @param[in] check_merkle_root call CheckMerkleRoot()
-     * @param[out] state details of why a block failed to validate
-     * @returns false if it does not build on the current tip, or any of the checks fail
-     */
-    virtual bool testBlockValidity(const CBlock& block, bool check_merkle_root, BlockValidationState& state) = 0;
-
     //! Get internal node context. Useful for RPC and testing,
     //! but not accessible across processes.
     virtual node::NodeContext* context() { return nullptr; }

src/ipc/capnp/mining.capnp

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ interface Mining $Proxy.wrap("interfaces::Mining") {
     createNewBlock @4 (options: BlockCreateOptions) -> (result: BlockTemplate);
     processNewBlock @5 (context :Proxy.Context, block: Data) -> (newBlock: Bool, result: Bool);
     getTransactionsUpdated @6 (context :Proxy.Context) -> (result: UInt32);
-    testBlockValidity @7 (context :Proxy.Context, block: Data, checkMerkleRoot: Bool) -> (state: BlockValidationState, result: Bool);
 }
 
 interface BlockTemplate $Proxy.wrap("interfaces::BlockTemplate") {

src/node/interfaces.cpp

@@ -989,19 +989,6 @@ public:
         return context()->mempool->GetTransactionsUpdated();
     }
 
-    bool testBlockValidity(const CBlock& block, bool check_merkle_root, BlockValidationState& state) override
-    {
-        LOCK(cs_main);
-        CBlockIndex* tip{chainman().ActiveChain().Tip()};
-        // Fail if the tip updated before the lock was taken
-        if (block.hashPrevBlock != tip->GetBlockHash()) {
-            state.Error("Block does not connect to current chain tip.");
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        return TestBlockValidity(state, chainman().GetParams(), chainman().ActiveChainstate(), block, tip, /*fCheckPOW=*/false, check_merkle_root);
-    }
-
     std::unique_ptr<BlockTemplate> createNewBlock(const BlockCreateOptions& options) override
     {
         BlockAssembler::Options assemble_options{options};

src/rpc/mining.cpp

@@ -384,9 +384,10 @@ static RPCHelpMan generateblock()
     RegenerateCommitments(block, chainman);
 
     {
+        LOCK(::cs_main);
         BlockValidationState state;
-        if (!miner.testBlockValidity(block, /*check_merkle_root=*/false, state)) {
+        if (!TestBlockValidity(state, chainman.GetParams(), chainman.ActiveChainstate(), block, chainman.m_blockman.LookupBlockIndex(block.hashPrevBlock),  /*fCheckPOW=*/false, /*fCheckMerkleRoot=*/false)) {
-            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_VERIFY_ERROR, strprintf("testBlockValidity failed: %s", state.ToString()));
+            throw JSONRPCError(RPC_VERIFY_ERROR, strprintf("TestBlockValidity failed: %s", state.ToString()));
         }
     }
 
@@ -709,12 +710,12 @@ static RPCHelpMan getblocktemplate()
                 return "duplicate-inconclusive";
             }
 
-            // testBlockValidity only supports blocks built on the current Tip
+            // TestBlockValidity only supports blocks built on the current Tip
             if (block.hashPrevBlock != tip) {
                 return "inconclusive-not-best-prevblk";
             }
             BlockValidationState state;
-            miner.testBlockValidity(block, /*check_merkle_root=*/true, state);
+            TestBlockValidity(state, chainman.GetParams(), chainman.ActiveChainstate(), block, chainman.m_blockman.LookupBlockIndex(block.hashPrevBlock), /*fCheckPOW=*/false, /*fCheckMerkleRoot=*/true);
             return BIP22ValidationResult(state);
         }
 

test/functional/rpc_generate.py

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class RPCGenerateTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         txid1 = miniwallet.send_self_transfer(from_node=node)['txid']
         utxo1 = miniwallet.get_utxo(txid=txid1)
         rawtx2 = miniwallet.create_self_transfer(utxo_to_spend=utxo1)['hex']
-        assert_raises_rpc_error(-25, 'testBlockValidity failed: bad-txns-inputs-missingorspent', self.generateblock, node, address, [rawtx2, txid1])
+        assert_raises_rpc_error(-25, 'TestBlockValidity failed: bad-txns-inputs-missingorspent', self.generateblock, node, address, [rawtx2, txid1])
 
         self.log.info('Fail to generate block with txid not in mempool')
         missing_txid = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000'