bitcoin/src/test
Andrew Chow d5e4f9a439
Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25740: assumeutxo: background validation completion
2b373fe49d docs: update assumeutxo.md (James O'Beirne)
87a1108c81 test: add snapshot completion unittests (James O'Beirne)
d70919a88f refactor: make MempoolMutex() public (James O'Beirne)
7300ced9de log: add LoadBlockIndex() message for assumedvalid blocks (James O'Beirne)
d96c59cc5c validation: add ChainMan logic for completing UTXO snapshot validation (James O'Beirne)
f2a4f3376f move-only-ish: init: factor out chainstate initialization (James O'Beirne)
637a90b973 add Chainstate::HasCoinsViews() (James O'Beirne)
c29f26b47b validation: add CChainState::m_disabled and ChainMan::isUsable (James O'Beirne)
5ee22cdafd add ChainstateManager.GetSnapshot{BaseHeight,BaseBlock}() (James O'Beirne)

Pull request description:

  This is part of the [assumeutxo project](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/projects/11) (parent PR: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/15606)

  Part two of replacing https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/24232.

  ---

  When a user activates a snapshot, the serialized UTXO set data is used to create an "assumed-valid" chainstate, which becomes active in an attempt to get the node to network tip as quickly as possible. Simultaneously in the background, the already-existing chainstate continues "conventional" IBD to both accumulate full block data and serve as a belt-and-suspenders to validate the assumed-valid chainstate.

  Once the background chainstate's tip reaches the base block of the snapshot used, we set `m_stop_use` on that chainstate and immediately take the hash of its UTXO set; we verify that this matches the assumeutxo value in the source code. Note that while we ultimately want to remove this background chainstate, we don't do so until the following initialization process, when we again check the UTXO set hash of the background chainstate, and if it continues to match, we remove the (now unnecessary) background chainstate, and move the (previously) assumed-valid chainstate into its place. We then reinitialize the chainstate in the normal way.

  As noted in previous comments, we could do the filesystem operations "inline" immediately when the background validation completes, but that's basically just an optimization that saves disk space until the next restart. It didn't strike me as worth the risk of moving chainstate data around on disk during runtime of the node, though maybe my concerns are overblown.

  The final result of this completion process is a fully-validated chain, where the only evidence that the user synced using assumeutxo is the existence of a `base_blockhash` file in the `chainstate` directory.

ACKs for top commit:
  achow101:
    ACK 2b373fe49d

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data scripted-diff: Regenerate key_io data deterministically 2022-04-06 17:08:07 +02:00
fuzz Fixed a couple of typos in comments to make linter happy 2023-03-03 19:06:02 -03:00
util Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25574: validation: Improve error handling when VerifyDB dosn't finish successfully 2023-02-22 14:19:44 -05:00
addrman_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25619: net: avoid overriding non-virtual ToString() in CService and use better naming 2023-02-17 13:34:40 -05:00
allocator_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
amount_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
argsman_tests.cpp test: Split overly large util_tests.cpp file 2022-11-14 14:22:43 +01:00
arith_uint256_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
banman_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
base32_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
base58_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
base64_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
bech32_tests.cpp Make Bech32 LocateErrors return error list rather than using out-arg 2021-12-06 14:17:41 +13:00
bip32_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
blockchain_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
blockencodings_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
blockfilter_index_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
blockfilter_tests.cpp Use DataStream where possible 2023-01-26 10:44:05 +01:00
blockmanager_tests.cpp test: add unit test for ScanAndUnlinkAlreadyPrunedFiles 2022-12-20 12:25:54 -05:00
bloom_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
bswap_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
checkqueue_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
coins_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26940: test: create random and coins utils, add amount helper, dedupe add_coin 2023-02-17 17:28:14 -05:00
coinstatsindex_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
compilerbug_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
compress_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
crypto_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26940: test: create random and coins utils, add amount helper, dedupe add_coin 2023-02-17 17:28:14 -05:00
cuckoocache_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
dbwrapper_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26940: test: create random and coins utils, add amount helper, dedupe add_coin 2023-02-17 17:28:14 -05:00
denialofservice_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
descriptor_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24149: Signing support for Miniscript Descriptors 2023-02-16 10:01:33 +00:00
flatfile_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
fs_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
getarg_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
hash_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
headers_sync_chainwork_tests.cpp Add unit test for HeadersSyncState 2022-08-29 08:10:35 -04:00
httpserver_tests.cpp Add GetQueryParameter helper function 2022-03-10 12:01:54 +01:00
i2p_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
interfaces_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
key_io_tests.cpp test, build: Separate read_json function into its own module 2023-01-27 09:26:29 +00:00
key_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
logging_tests.cpp Use steady clock for logging timer 2023-01-31 18:48:50 +01:00
main.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
Makefile
mempool_tests.cpp refactor: add kernel/cs_main.* 2023-01-05 09:05:14 +00:00
merkle_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
merkleblock_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
miner_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23897: refactor: Move calculation logic out from CheckSequenceLocksAtTip() 2023-02-28 16:53:02 +00:00
miniscript_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24149: Signing support for Miniscript Descriptors 2023-02-16 10:01:33 +00:00
minisketch_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
multisig_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24149: Signing support for Miniscript Descriptors 2023-02-16 10:01:33 +00:00
net_peer_eviction_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
net_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25619: net: avoid overriding non-virtual ToString() in CService and use better naming 2023-02-17 13:34:40 -05:00
netbase_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25619: net: avoid overriding non-virtual ToString() in CService and use better naming 2023-02-17 13:34:40 -05:00
orphanage_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26940: test: create random and coins utils, add amount helper, dedupe add_coin 2023-02-17 17:28:14 -05:00
pmt_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
policy_fee_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
policyestimator_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
pow_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
prevector_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
raii_event_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
random_tests.cpp doc: remove usages of C++11 2023-01-12 13:42:44 +00:00
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README.md test: parse the command line arguments in unit tests 2022-01-11 11:53:30 +01:00
rest_tests.cpp Handle query string when parsing data format 2022-03-10 12:01:53 +01:00
result_tests.cpp refactor: Replace BResult with util::Result 2022-08-03 07:33:01 -04:00
reverselock_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
rpc_tests.cpp test: add cases to JSON parsing 2023-01-18 12:24:06 +00:00
sanity_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
scheduler_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
script_p2sh_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24149: Signing support for Miniscript Descriptors 2023-02-16 10:01:33 +00:00
script_parse_tests.cpp bitcoin-tx: Avoid treating overflow as OP_0 2021-10-11 09:17:28 +02:00
script_segwit_tests.cpp Unit tests for IsWitnessProgram and IsP2WSH. 2021-10-15 06:46:25 +02:00
script_standard_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25877: refactor: Do not use CScript for tapleaf scripts until the tapleaf version is known 2023-01-19 17:51:21 -05:00
script_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26940: test: create random and coins utils, add amount helper, dedupe add_coin 2023-02-17 17:28:14 -05:00
scriptnum10.h scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
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serfloat_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
serialize_tests.cpp refactor: Remove unused CDataStream SerializeMany constructor 2023-01-30 13:04:50 +01:00
settings_tests.cpp settings: Add update/getPersistent/isIgnored methods 2022-05-19 11:32:56 -04:00
sighash_tests.cpp Create InsecureRandMoneyAmount() test util helper 2023-02-09 15:03:36 -08:00
sigopcount_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
skiplist_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
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streams_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
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torcontrol_tests.cpp test: remove BasicTestingSetup from torcontrol unit tests 2021-05-28 19:14:09 +08:00
transaction_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#26940: test: create random and coins utils, add amount helper, dedupe add_coin 2023-02-17 17:28:14 -05:00
translation_tests.cpp Extend bilingual_str support for tinyformat 2023-02-28 12:04:47 -05:00
txindex_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
txpackage_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
txreconciliation_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2022-12-24 23:49:50 +00:00
txrequest_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
txvalidation_tests.cpp scripted-diff: Bump copyright headers 2021-12-30 19:36:57 +02:00
txvalidationcache_tests.cpp refactor: add kernel/cs_main.* 2023-01-05 09:05:14 +00:00
uint256_tests.cpp Use DataStream where possible 2023-01-26 10:44:05 +01:00
util_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25227: Handle invalid hex encoding in ParseHex 2023-02-27 14:27:50 +00:00
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validation_block_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
validation_chainstate_tests.cpp De-duplicate add_coin methods to a test util helper 2023-02-09 15:03:36 -08:00
validation_chainstatemanager_tests.cpp Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#25740: assumeutxo: background validation completion 2023-03-07 18:54:59 -05:00
validation_flush_tests.cpp De-duplicate add_coin methods to a test util helper 2023-02-09 15:03:36 -08:00
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versionbits_tests.cpp Move random test util code from setup_common to random 2023-02-06 12:26:04 -08:00
xoroshiro128plusplus_tests.cpp Add xoroshiro128++ PRNG 2023-01-30 18:12:21 -05:00

Unit tests

The sources in this directory are unit test cases. Boost includes a unit testing framework, and since Bitcoin Core already uses Boost, it makes sense to simply use this framework rather than require developers to configure some other framework (we want as few impediments to creating unit tests as possible).

The build system is set up to compile an executable called test_bitcoin that runs all of the unit tests. The main source file for the test library is found in util/setup_common.cpp.

Compiling/running unit tests

Unit tests will be automatically compiled if dependencies were met in ./configure and tests weren't explicitly disabled.

After configuring, they can be run with make check.

To run the unit tests manually, launch src/test/test_bitcoin. To recompile after a test file was modified, run make and then run the test again. If you modify a non-test file, use make -C src/test to recompile only what's needed to run the unit tests.

To add more unit tests, add BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE functions to the existing .cpp files in the test/ directory or add new .cpp files that implement new BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE sections.

To run the GUI unit tests manually, launch src/qt/test/test_bitcoin-qt

To add more GUI unit tests, add them to the src/qt/test/ directory and the src/qt/test/test_main.cpp file.

Running individual tests

test_bitcoin accepts the command line arguments from the boost framework. For example, to run just the getarg_tests suite of tests:

test_bitcoin --log_level=all --run_test=getarg_tests

log_level controls the verbosity of the test framework, which logs when a test case is entered, for example. test_bitcoin also accepts the command line arguments accepted by bitcoind. Use -- to separate both types of arguments:

test_bitcoin --log_level=all --run_test=getarg_tests -- -printtoconsole=1

The -printtoconsole=1 after the two dashes redirects the debug log, which would normally go to a file in the test datadir (BasicTestingSetup::m_path_root), to the standard terminal output.

... or to run just the doubledash test:

test_bitcoin --run_test=getarg_tests/doubledash

Run test_bitcoin --help for the full list.

Adding test cases

To add a new unit test file to our test suite you need to add the file to src/Makefile.test.include. The pattern is to create one test file for each class or source file for which you want to create unit tests. The file naming convention is <source_filename>_tests.cpp and such files should wrap their tests in a test suite called <source_filename>_tests. For an example of this pattern, see uint256_tests.cpp.

Logging and debugging in unit tests

make check will write to a log file foo_tests.cpp.log and display this file on failure. For running individual tests verbosely, refer to the section above.

To write to logs from unit tests you need to use specific message methods provided by Boost. The simplest is BOOST_TEST_MESSAGE.

For debugging you can launch the test_bitcoin executable with gdb or lldb and start debugging, just like you would with any other program:

gdb src/test/test_bitcoin

Segmentation faults

If you hit a segmentation fault during a test run, you can diagnose where the fault is happening by running gdb ./src/test/test_bitcoin and then using the bt command within gdb.

Another tool that can be used to resolve segmentation faults is valgrind.

If for whatever reason you want to produce a core dump file for this fault, you can do that as well. By default, the boost test runner will intercept system errors and not produce a core file. To bypass this, add --catch_system_errors=no to the test_bitcoin arguments and ensure that your ulimits are set properly (e.g. ulimit -c unlimited).

Running the tests and hitting a segmentation fault should now produce a file called core (on Linux platforms, the file name will likely depend on the contents of /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern).

You can then explore the core dump using

gdb src/test/test_bitcoin core

(gbd) bt  # produce a backtrace for where a segfault occurred