41051290ab cmake: Ignore build subdirectories within source directory (Hennadii Stepanov)
6ce50fd9d0 doc: Update for CMake-based build system (Hennadii Stepanov)
9730288a0c ci: Migrate CI scripts to CMake (Hennadii Stepanov)
c360837ca5 cmake, lint: Adjust `lint_includes_build_config` (Hennadii Stepanov)
3885441ee0 cmake: Add presets for native Windows builds (Hennadii Stepanov)
7681746b20 cmake: Add vcpkg manifest file (Hennadii Stepanov)
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9b31209b4c depends: Rename `cmake_system` -> `cmake_system_name` (Hennadii Stepanov)
4a5208a81d Revert "build, qt: Do not install *.prl files" (Hennadii Stepanov)
6522af62af depends: Amend handling flags environment variables (Hennadii Stepanov)
90cec4d251 cmake: Add `MULTIPROCESS` option (Hennadii Stepanov)
bb1a450dcb cmake: Build `bitcoin-chainstate` executable (Hennadii Stepanov)
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8bb0e85631 cmake: Build `bench_bitcoin` executable (Hennadii Stepanov)
801735163a cmake: Add external signer support (Hennadii Stepanov)
353e0c9e96 cmake: Add `systemtap-sdt` optional package support (Hennadii Stepanov)
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e73e9304a1 cmake: Build `bitcoin-util` executable (Hennadii Stepanov)
027c6d7caa cmake: Build `bitcoin-tx` executable (Hennadii Stepanov)
d10c5c34c3 cmake: Add wallet functionality (Hennadii Stepanov)
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Pull request description:
This PR introduces a new CMake-based build system, which is a drop-in replacement for the current Autotools-based build system.
ML announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/hgKkfQWzrTo
As discussed during the recent CoreDev meetup in April, the switch from Autotools to CMake is intended to happen as soon as possible after branching 28.x off, which means that 29.0 will be built using CMake.
This PR branch is essentially the [staging branch](https://github.com/hebasto/bitcoin/tree/cmake-staging), with every change reviewed and tested by a group of contributors, including (in alphabetical order):
- [**achow101**](https://github.com/achow101)
- [**fanquake**](https://github.com/fanquake)
- [**maflcko**](https://github.com/maflcko)
- [**m3dwards**](https://github.com/m3dwards)
- [**pablomartin4btc**](https://github.com/pablomartin4btc)
- [**real-or-random**](https://github.com/real-or-random)
- [**ryanofsky**](https://github.com/ryanofsky)
- [**sipsorcery**](https://github.com/sipsorcery)
- [**TheCharlatan**](https://github.com/TheCharlatan)
- [**theStack**](https://github.com/theStack)
- [**theuni**](https://github.com/theuni)
- [**vasild**](https://github.com/vasild)
Reviewing in a separate staging repo was suggested in https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/27060#issuecomment-1431798320.
The accompanying changes to the OSS-Fuzz project are available in https://github.com/hebasto/oss-fuzz/pull/8.
Please refer to the [build options parity table](https://gist.github.com/hebasto/2ef97d3a726bfce08ded9df07f7dab5e). The "auto" value is no longer available; non-default values must be specified explicitly. Additionally, the new default values have been chosen to suit the everyday build experience for the majority of developers.
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Thank you all for your understanding.
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fad0cf6f26 refactor: Use std::ranges::equal in GetNetworkForMagic (MarcoFalke)
fadf0a7e15 refactor: Remove Span operator==, Use std::ranges::equal (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
`std::span` removed the comparison operators, so it makes sense to remove them for the `Span` "backport" as well. Using `std::ranges::equal` also has the benefit that some `Span` temporary constructions can now be dropped.
This is required to move from `Span` toward `std::span`.
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8dec4e1294 fuzz: fix timeout in `crypto_fschacha20poly1305` (brunoerg)
Pull request description:
Fixes #30505
This PR fixes a timeout in `crypto_fschacha20poly1305` by reducing the number of iterations. I left it running for a while and noticed it speeds up the target and do not impact coverage.
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18d65d2772 test: use uint256::FromUserHex for RANDOM_CTX_SEED (stickies-v)
6819e5a329 node: use uint256::FromUserHex for -assumevalid parsing (stickies-v)
2e58fdb544 util: remove unused IsHexNumber (stickies-v)
8a44d7d3c1 node: use uint256::FromUserHex for -minimumchainwork parsing (stickies-v)
70e2c87737 refactor: add uint256::FromUserHex helper (stickies-v)
85b7cbfcbe test: unittest chainstatemanager_args (stickies-v)
Pull request description:
Since fad2991ba0, `uint256S` has been [deprecated](fad2991ba0 (diff-800776e2dda39116e889839f69409571a5d397de048a141da7e4003bc099e3e2R138)) because it is less robust than the `base_blob::FromHex()` introduced in [the same PR](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30482). Specifically, it tries to recover from length-mismatches, recover from untrimmed whitespace, 0x-prefix and garbage at the end, instead of simply requiring exactly 64 hex-only characters. _(see also #30532)_
This PR carves out the few `uint256S` callsites that may potentially prove a bit more controversial to change because they deal with user input and backwards incompatible behaviour change.
The main behaviour change introduced in this PR is:
- `-minimumchainwork` will raise an error when input is longer than 64 hex digits
- `-assumevalid` will raise an error when input contains invalid hex characters, or when it is longer than 64 hex digits
- test: the optional RANDOM_CTX_SEED env var will now cause tests to abort when it contains invalid hex characters, or when it is longer than 64 hex digits
After this PR, the remaining work to remove `uint256S` completely is almost entirely mechanical and/or test related. I will open that PR once #30560 is merged because it builds on that.
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Code review ACK 18d65d2772. Very nice change that cleans up the API, adds checking for invalid values, makes parsing of values more consistent, and adds test coverage.
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Accepting any Rng in RandMoney makes tests more flexible to use a
different Rng. Also, passing in the Rng clarifies the call sites, so
that they all use g_rand_ctx explicitly and consistently.
The global g_insecure_rand_ctx will be removed in the future, so
removing it from this helper is useful.
Also, tying the two concepts of the global internal RNGState and the
global test-only rng context is a bit confusing, because tests can
simply use the m_rng, if it exists. Also, tests may seed more than one
random context, or none at all, or a random context of a different type.
Fix all issues by moving the Reseed call to the two places where it is
used.
60055f1abc test: replace deprecated secp256k1 context flags usage (Sebastian Falbesoner)
Pull request description:
The flags `SECP256K1_CONTEXT_{SIGN,VERIFY}` have been marked as deprecated since libsecp256k1 version 0.2 (released in December 2022), with the recommendation to use SECP256K1_CONTEXT_NONE instead, see https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/1126 and 1988855079/CHANGELOG.md (L132). Note that in contrast to other deprecated functions/variables, these defines don't have a deprecated attribute and hence don't lead to a compiler warning (see https://github.com/bitcoin-core/secp256k1/pull/1126#discussion_r922105271), so they are not easily detected.
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Removes dependency on unsafe and deprecated uint256S.
This makes parsing more strict, by requiring RANDOM_CTX_SEED
to be a string of up to 64 hex digits (optionally prefixed with
"0x"), whereas previously any string would be accepted, with
non-hex characters silently ignored and input longer than
64 characters (ignoring "0x" prefix) silently trimmed.
Can be tested with:
$ RANDOM_CTX_SEED=z ./src/test/test_bitcoin --log_level=all --run_test=timeoffsets_tests/timeoffsets_warning -- -printtoconsole=1 | grep RANDOM_CTX_SEED
RANDOM_CTX_SEED must consist of up to 64 hex digits ("0x" prefix allowed), it was set to: 'z'.
Co-Authored-By: MarcoFalke <*~=`'#}+{/-|&$^_@721217.xyz>
Removes dependency on unsafe and deprecated uint256S.
This makes parsing more strict, by returning an error
when the input contains non-hex characters, or when it
contains more than 64 hex digits.
Also make feature_assumevalid.py more robust by using CBlock.hash
which is guaranteed to be 64 characters long, as opposed to the
variable-length hex(CBlock.sha256)
Removes dependency on unsafe and deprecated uint256S.
This makes parsing more strict, by returning an error
when the input contains more than 64 hex digits.
FromUserHex will be used in future commits to construct
uint256 instances from user hex input without being
unnecessarily restrictive on formatting by allowing
0x-prefixed input that is shorter than 64 characters.
Integer promotion will already turn the `signed` into `unsigned` in
those lines. However, make the `unsigned` explicit so that the code is
clearer and a compiler warning is avoided when switching to m_rng:
| test/validation_block_tests.cpp: warning: comparison of integers of different signs: 'int' and 'const unsigned int' [-Wsign-compare]
| 136 | bool gen_invalid = m_rng.randrange(100) < invalid_rate;
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 137 | bool gen_fork = m_rng.randrange(100) < branch_rate;
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| 2 warnings generated.
rand_cache is unused since commit
16329224e7, so it can be removed
rand_seed is wrong since commit
022cf47dd7, because it is no longer
printing the seed that was used to seed the global random context in
tests. Instead, it prints a (random-ish) value derived from the global
random context via InsecureRand256().
Finally, the for loop creating new prevector_tester objects will always
use the same seed since commit fae43a97ca,
because repeated calls to SeedInsecureRand/SeedRandomForTest will always
reseed the global with the same "static const" seed.
Fix all issues by
* removing the unused rand_cache,
* removing the call to SeedRandomForTest which restored the same seed on
every call in the process, and
* Reseeding the global random context with the (random-ish) rand_seed.
fa899fb7aa fuzz: Speed up utxo_snapshot fuzz target (MarcoFalke)
fa386642b4 fuzz: Speed up utxo_snapshot by lazy re-init (MarcoFalke)
fa645c7a86 fuzz: Remove unused DataStream object (MarcoFalke)
fae8c73d9e test: Disallow fee_estimator construction in ChainTestingSetup (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
Two commits to speed up unit and fuzz tests.
Can be tested by running the fuzz target and looking at the time it took, or by looking at the flamegraph. For example:
```
FUZZ=utxo_snapshot perf record -g --call-graph dwarf ./src/test/fuzz/fuzz -runs=100
hotspot ./perf.data
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The flags SECP256K1_CONTEXT_{SIGN,VERIFY} have been deprecated since
libsecp256k1 version 0.2 (released in December 2022), with the
recommendation to use SECP256K1_CONTEXT_NONE instead.
The re-init is expensive, so skip it if there is no need.
Also, add an even faster fuzz target utxo_snapshot_invalid, which does
not need any re-init at all.
fa6fe43207 net: Clarify that m_addr_local is only set once (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
The function is supposed to be only called once when the version msg arrives (a single time). Calling it twice would be an internal logic bug. However, the `LogError` in this function has many issues:
* If the error happens in tests, as is the case for the buggy fuzz test, it will go unnoticed
* It is dead code, unless a bug is introduced to execute it
Fix all issues by using `Assume(!m_addr_local.IsValid())` instead. Idea taken from https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30364#discussion_r1680530382
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It is expensive to construct, and only one test uses it.
Fix both issues by disallowing the construction and moving it to the
single test that uses it.
86b38529d5 qa: a fuzz target for the block index database (Antoine Poinsot)
Pull request description:
This introduces a small fuzz target for `CBlockTreeDB` which asserts a few invariants by using an in-memory LevelDb.
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00618e8745 assumeutxo: Drop block height from metadata (Fabian Jahr)
Pull request description:
Fixes https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/30514 which has more context and shows how the issue can be reproduced. Since the value in question is removed, there is no test to add to reproduce anything.
This is an alternative approach to #30516 with much of the [code being suggested there](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/30516#discussion_r1689146902).
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2925bd537c refactor: use c++20 std::views::reverse instead of reverse_iterator.h (stickies-v)
Pull request description:
C++20 introduces [`std::ranges::views::reverse`](https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/ranges/reverse_view), which allows us to drop our own `reverse_iterator.h` implementation and also makes it easier to chain views (even though I think we currently don't use this).
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589db872e1 validation: don't erase coins cache on prune flushes (Andrew Toth)
0e8918755f Add linked-list test to CCoinsViewCache::SanityCheck (Pieter Wuille)
05cf4e1875 coins: move Sync logic to CoinsViewCacheCursor (Andrew Toth)
7825b8b9ae coins: pass linked list of flagged entries to BatchWrite (Andrew Toth)
a14edada8a test: add cache entry linked list tests (Andrew Toth)
24ce37cb86 coins: track flagged cache entries in linked list (Andrew Toth)
58b7ed156d coins: call ClearFlags in CCoinsCacheEntry destructor (Andrew Toth)
8bd3959fea refactor: require self and sentinel parameters for AddFlags (Andrew Toth)
75f36d241d refactor: add CoinsCachePair alias (Andrew Toth)
f08faeade2 refactor: move flags to private uint8_t and rename to m_flags (Andrew Toth)
4e4fb4cbab refactor: disallow setting flags in CCoinsCacheEntry constructors (Andrew Toth)
8737c0cefa refactor: encapsulate flags setting with AddFlags and ClearFlags (Andrew Toth)
9715d3bf1e refactor: encapsulate flags get access for all other checks (Andrew Toth)
df34a94e57 refactor: encapsulate flags access for dirty and fresh checks (Andrew Toth)
Pull request description:
Since https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/17487 we no longer need to clear the coins cache when syncing to disk. A warm coins cache significantly speeds up block connection, and only needs to be fully flushed when nearing the `dbcache` limit.
For frequent pruning flushes there's no need to empty the cache and kill connect block speed. However, simply using `Sync` in place of `Flush` actually slows down a pruned full IBD with a high `dbcache` value. This is because as the cache grows, sync takes longer since every coin in the cache is scanned to check if it's dirty. For frequent prune flushes and a large cache this constant scanning starts to really slow IBD down, and just emptying the cache on every prune becomes faster.
To fix this, we can add two pointers to each cache entry and construct a doubly linked list of dirty entries. We can then only iterate through all dirty entries on each `Sync`, and simply clear the pointers after.
With this approach a full IBD with `dbcache=16384` and `prune=550` was 32% faster than master. For default `dbcache=450` speedup was ~9%. All benchmarks were run with `stopatheight=800000`.
| | prune | dbcache | time | max RSS | speedup |
|-----------:|----------:|------------:|--------:|-------------:|--------------:|
| master | 550 | 16384 | 8:52:57 | 2,417,464k | - |
| branch | 550 | 16384 | 6:01:00 | 16,216,736k | 32% |
| branch | 550 | 450 | 8:05:08 | 2,818,072k | 8.8% |
| master | 10000 | 5000 | 8:19:59 | 2,962,752k | - |
| branch | 10000 | 5000| 5:56:39 | 6,179,764k | 28.8% |
| master | 0 | 16384 | 4:51:53 | 14,726,408k | - |
| branch | 0 | 16384 | 4:43:11 | 16,526,348k | 2.7% |
| master | 0 | 450 | 7:08:07 | 3,005,892k | - |
| branch | 0 | 450 | 6:57:24 | 3,013,556k |2.6%|
While the 2 pointers add memory to each cache entry, it did not slow down IBD. For non-pruned IBD results were similar for this branch and master. When I performed the initial IBD, the full UTXO set could be held in memory when using the max `dbcache` value. For non-pruned IBD with max `dbcache` to tip ended up using 12% more memory, but it was also 2.7% faster somehow. For smaller `dbcache` values the `dbcache` limit is respected so does not consume more memory, and the potentially more frequent flushes were not significant enough to cause any slowdown.
For reviewers, the commits in order do the following:
First 4 commits encapsulate all accesses to `flags` on cache entries, and then the 5th makes `flags` private.
Commits `refactor: add CoinsCachePair alias` to `coins: call ClearFlags in CCoinsCacheEntry destructor` create the linked list head nodes and cache entry self references and pass them into `AddFlags`.
Commit `coins: track flagged cache entries in linked list` actually adds the entries into a linked list when they are flagged DIRTY or FRESH and removes them from the linked list when they are destroyed or the flags are cleared manually. However, the linked list is not yet used anywhere.
Commit `test: add cache entry linked list tests` adds unit tests for the linked list.
Commit `coins: pass linked list of flagged entries to BatchWrite` uses the linked list to iterate through DIRTY entries instead of using the entire coins cache.
Commit `validation: don't erase coins cache on prune flushes` uses `Sync` instead of `Flush` for pruning flushes, so the cache is no longer cleared.
Inspired by [this comment](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15265#issuecomment-457720636).
Fixes https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/11315.
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6bfa26048d testnet: Add timewarp attack prevention for Testnet4 (Fabian Jahr)
0100907ca1 testnet: Add Testnet4 difficulty adjustment rules fix (Fabian Jahr)
74a04f9e7a testnet: Introduce Testnet4 (Fabian Jahr)
Pull request description:
To supplement the [ongoing conceptual discussion about a testnet reset](https://groups.google.com/g/bitcoindev/c/9bL00vRj7OU/m/9yCPo3uUBwAJ) I have drafted a move to v4 including a fix to the difficulty adjustment mechanism, which was part of the motivation that started the discussion.
Conceptual considerations:
- The conceptual discussion about doing a testnet4 or softforking the fix into testnet3 is outside of the scope of this PR and I would ask reviewers to contribute their opinions on this on the ML instead. However, I am happy to adapt this PR to a softfork change on testnet3 if there is consensus for that instead.
- The difficulty adjustment fix suggested here touches the `CalculateNextWorkRequired` function and uses the same logic used in `GetNextWorkRequired` to find the last previous block that was not mined with difficulty 1 under the exceptionf. An alternative fix briefly mentioned on the mailing list by Jameson Lopp would be to "restrict the special testnet minimum difficulty rule so that it can't be triggered on the block right before a difficulty retarget". That would also fix the issue but I find my suggestion here a bit more elegant.
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