[refactor] Define MessageStartChars as std::array

src/addrdb.cpp

@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ void DeserializeDB(Stream& stream, Data&& data, bool fCheckSum = true)
 {
     HashVerifier verifier{stream};
     // de-serialize file header (network specific magic number) and ..
-    unsigned char pchMsgTmp[4];
+    CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars pchMsgTmp;
     verifier >> pchMsgTmp;
     // ... verify the network matches ours
-    if (memcmp(pchMsgTmp, Params().MessageStart(), sizeof(pchMsgTmp))) {
+    if (pchMsgTmp != Params().MessageStart()) {
         throw std::runtime_error{"Invalid network magic number"};
     }
 

src/kernel/chainparams.cpp

@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ public:
         HashWriter h{};
         h << consensus.signet_challenge;
         uint256 hash = h.GetHash();
-        memcpy(pchMessageStart, hash.begin(), 4);
+        std::copy_n(hash.begin(), 4, pchMessageStart.begin());
 
         nDefaultPort = 38333;
         nPruneAfterHeight = 1000;

src/net.cpp

@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ V1Transport::V1Transport(const NodeId node_id, int nTypeIn, int nVersionIn) noex
     m_node_id(node_id), hdrbuf(nTypeIn, nVersionIn), vRecv(nTypeIn, nVersionIn)
 {
     assert(std::size(Params().MessageStart()) == std::size(m_magic_bytes));
-    std::copy(std::begin(Params().MessageStart()), std::end(Params().MessageStart()), m_magic_bytes);
+    m_magic_bytes = Params().MessageStart();
     LOCK(m_recv_mutex);
     Reset();
 }
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ int V1Transport::readHeader(Span<const uint8_t> msg_bytes)
     }
 
     // Check start string, network magic
-    if (memcmp(hdr.pchMessageStart, m_magic_bytes, CMessageHeader::MESSAGE_START_SIZE) != 0) {
+    if (hdr.pchMessageStart != m_magic_bytes) {
         LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "Header error: Wrong MessageStart %s received, peer=%d\n", HexStr(hdr.pchMessageStart), m_node_id);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ bool V2Transport::ProcessReceivedKeyBytes() noexcept
     // they receive our uniformly random key and garbage, but detecting this case specially
     // means we can log it.
     static constexpr std::array<uint8_t, 12> MATCH = {'v', 'e', 'r', 's', 'i', 'o', 'n', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
-    static constexpr size_t OFFSET = sizeof(CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars);
+    static constexpr size_t OFFSET = std::tuple_size_v<CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars>;
     if (!m_initiating && m_recv_buffer.size() >= OFFSET + MATCH.size()) {
         if (std::equal(MATCH.begin(), MATCH.end(), m_recv_buffer.begin() + OFFSET)) {
             LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "V2 transport error: V1 peer with wrong MessageStart %s\n",

src/node/blockstorage.cpp

@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ bool BlockManager::ReadRawBlockFromDisk(std::vector<uint8_t>& block, const FlatF
 
         filein >> blk_start >> blk_size;
 
-        if (memcmp(blk_start, GetParams().MessageStart(), CMessageHeader::MESSAGE_START_SIZE)) {
+        if (blk_start != GetParams().MessageStart()) {
             return error("%s: Block magic mismatch for %s: %s versus expected %s", __func__, pos.ToString(),
                          HexStr(blk_start),
                          HexStr(GetParams().MessageStart()));

src/node/blockstorage.h

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static const unsigned int UNDOFILE_CHUNK_SIZE = 0x100000; // 1 MiB
 static const unsigned int MAX_BLOCKFILE_SIZE = 0x8000000; // 128 MiB
 
 /** Size of header written by WriteBlockToDisk before a serialized CBlock */
-static constexpr size_t BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE = CMessageHeader::MESSAGE_START_SIZE + sizeof(unsigned int);
+static constexpr size_t BLOCK_SERIALIZATION_HEADER_SIZE = std::tuple_size_v<CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars> + sizeof(unsigned int);
 
 extern std::atomic_bool fReindex;
 

src/protocol.cpp

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ const static std::vector<std::string> g_all_net_message_types{
 
 CMessageHeader::CMessageHeader(const MessageStartChars& pchMessageStartIn, const char* pszCommand, unsigned int nMessageSizeIn)
 {
-    memcpy(pchMessageStart, pchMessageStartIn, MESSAGE_START_SIZE);
+    pchMessageStart = pchMessageStartIn;
 
     // Copy the command name
     size_t i = 0;

src/protocol.h

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <uint256.h>
 #include <util/time.h>
 
+#include <array>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
@@ -26,14 +27,13 @@
 class CMessageHeader
 {
 public:
-    static constexpr size_t MESSAGE_START_SIZE = 4;
+    using MessageStartChars = std::array<uint8_t, 4>;
     static constexpr size_t COMMAND_SIZE = 12;
     static constexpr size_t MESSAGE_SIZE_SIZE = 4;
     static constexpr size_t CHECKSUM_SIZE = 4;
-    static constexpr size_t MESSAGE_SIZE_OFFSET = MESSAGE_START_SIZE + COMMAND_SIZE;
+    static constexpr size_t MESSAGE_SIZE_OFFSET = std::tuple_size_v<MessageStartChars> + COMMAND_SIZE;
     static constexpr size_t CHECKSUM_OFFSET = MESSAGE_SIZE_OFFSET + MESSAGE_SIZE_SIZE;
-    static constexpr size_t HEADER_SIZE = MESSAGE_START_SIZE + COMMAND_SIZE + MESSAGE_SIZE_SIZE + CHECKSUM_SIZE;
+    static constexpr size_t HEADER_SIZE = std::tuple_size_v<MessageStartChars> + COMMAND_SIZE + MESSAGE_SIZE_SIZE + CHECKSUM_SIZE;
-    typedef unsigned char MessageStartChars[MESSAGE_START_SIZE];
 
     explicit CMessageHeader() = default;
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public:
 
     SERIALIZE_METHODS(CMessageHeader, obj) { READWRITE(obj.pchMessageStart, obj.pchCommand, obj.nMessageSize, obj.pchChecksum); }
 
-    char pchMessageStart[MESSAGE_START_SIZE]{};
+    MessageStartChars pchMessageStart{};
     char pchCommand[COMMAND_SIZE]{};
     uint32_t nMessageSize{std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()};
     uint8_t pchChecksum[CHECKSUM_SIZE]{};

src/validation.cpp

@@ -4533,11 +4533,11 @@ void ChainstateManager::LoadExternalBlockFile(
             unsigned int nSize = 0;
             try {
                 // locate a header
-                unsigned char buf[CMessageHeader::MESSAGE_START_SIZE];
+                CMessageHeader::MessageStartChars buf;
                 blkdat.FindByte(std::byte(params.MessageStart()[0]));
                 nRewind = blkdat.GetPos() + 1;
                 blkdat >> buf;
-                if (memcmp(buf, params.MessageStart(), CMessageHeader::MESSAGE_START_SIZE)) {
+                if (buf != params.MessageStart()) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 // read size

src/wallet/db.cpp

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ bool IsSQLiteFile(const fs::path& path)
     }
 
     // Check the application id matches our network magic
-    return memcmp(Params().MessageStart(), app_id, 4) == 0;
+    return memcmp(Params().MessageStart().data(), app_id, 4) == 0;
 }
 
 void ReadDatabaseArgs(const ArgsManager& args, DatabaseOptions& options)

src/wallet/sqlite.cpp

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ bool SQLiteDatabase::Verify(bilingual_str& error)
     auto read_result = ReadPragmaInteger(m_db, "application_id", "the application id", error);
     if (!read_result.has_value()) return false;
     uint32_t app_id = static_cast<uint32_t>(read_result.value());
-    uint32_t net_magic = ReadBE32(Params().MessageStart());
+    uint32_t net_magic = ReadBE32(Params().MessageStart().data());
     if (app_id != net_magic) {
         error = strprintf(_("SQLiteDatabase: Unexpected application id. Expected %u, got %u"), net_magic, app_id);
         return false;
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ void SQLiteDatabase::Open()
         }
 
         // Set the application id
-        uint32_t app_id = ReadBE32(Params().MessageStart());
+        uint32_t app_id = ReadBE32(Params().MessageStart().data());
         SetPragma(m_db, "application_id", strprintf("%d", static_cast<int32_t>(app_id)),
                   "Failed to set the application id");