Add unit tests for signals generated by ProcessNewBlock()

After a recent bug discovered in callback ordering in MainSignals,
this test checks invariants in ordering of
BlockConnected / BlockDisconnected / UpdatedChainTip signals

Author: skeees

src/Makefile.test.include

@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ BITCOIN_TESTS =\
   test/transaction_tests.cpp \
   test/txvalidation_tests.cpp \
   test/txvalidationcache_tests.cpp \
-  test/versionbits_tests.cpp \
   test/uint256_tests.cpp \
-  test/util_tests.cpp
+  test/util_tests.cpp \
+  test/validation_block_tests.cpp \
+  test/versionbits_tests.cpp
 
 if ENABLE_WALLET
 BITCOIN_TESTS += \

src/test/test_bitcoin.cpp

@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ FastRandomContext insecure_rand_ctx(insecure_rand_seed);
 extern bool fPrintToConsole;
 extern void noui_connect();
 
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const uint256& num)
+{
+    os << num.ToString();
+    return os;
+}
+
 BasicTestingSetup::BasicTestingSetup(const std::string& chainName)
 {
         SHA256AutoDetect();

src/test/test_bitcoin.h

@@ -120,4 +120,7 @@ struct TestMemPoolEntryHelper
 
 CBlock getBlock13b8a();
 
+// define an implicit conversion here so that uint256 may be used directly in BOOST_CHECK_*
+std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const uint256& num);
+
 #endif

src/test/validation_block_tests.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include <chainparams.h>
+#include <consensus/merkle.h>
+#include <consensus/validation.h>
+#include <miner.h>
+#include <pow.h>
+#include <random.h>
+#include <test/test_bitcoin.h>
+#include <validation.h>
+#include <validationinterface.h>
+
+struct RegtestingSetup : public TestingSetup {
+    RegtestingSetup() : TestingSetup(CBaseChainParams::REGTEST) {}
+};
+
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_SUITE(validation_block_tests, RegtestingSetup)
+
+struct TestSubscriber : public CValidationInterface {
+    uint256 m_expected_tip;
+
+    TestSubscriber(uint256 tip) : m_expected_tip(tip) {}
+
+    void UpdatedBlockTip(const CBlockIndex* pindexNew, const CBlockIndex* pindexFork, bool fInitialDownload)
+    {
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_expected_tip, pindexNew->GetBlockHash());
+    }
+
+    void BlockConnected(const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>& block, const CBlockIndex* pindex, const std::vector<CTransactionRef>& txnConflicted)
+    {
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_expected_tip, block->hashPrevBlock);
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_expected_tip, pindex->pprev->GetBlockHash());
+
+        m_expected_tip = block->GetHash();
+    }
+
+    void BlockDisconnected(const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>& block)
+    {
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(m_expected_tip, block->GetHash());
+
+        m_expected_tip = block->hashPrevBlock;
+    }
+};
+
+std::shared_ptr<CBlock> Block(const uint256& prev_hash)
+{
+    static int i = 0;
+    static uint64_t time = Params().GenesisBlock().nTime;
+
+    CScript pubKey;
+    pubKey << i++ << OP_TRUE;
+
+    auto ptemplate = BlockAssembler(Params()).CreateNewBlock(pubKey, false);
+    auto pblock = std::make_shared<CBlock>(ptemplate->block);
+    pblock->hashPrevBlock = prev_hash;
+    pblock->nTime = ++time;
+
+    CMutableTransaction txCoinbase(*pblock->vtx[0]);
+    txCoinbase.vout.resize(1);
+    txCoinbase.vin[0].scriptWitness.SetNull();
+    pblock->vtx[0] = MakeTransactionRef(std::move(txCoinbase));
+
+    return pblock;
+}
+
+std::shared_ptr<CBlock> FinalizeBlock(std::shared_ptr<CBlock> pblock)
+{
+    pblock->hashMerkleRoot = BlockMerkleRoot(*pblock);
+
+    while (!CheckProofOfWork(pblock->GetHash(), pblock->nBits, Params().GetConsensus())) {
+        ++(pblock->nNonce);
+    }
+
+    return pblock;
+}
+
+// construct a valid block
+const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> GoodBlock(const uint256& prev_hash)
+{
+    return FinalizeBlock(Block(prev_hash));
+}
+
+// construct an invalid block (but with a valid header)
+const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> BadBlock(const uint256& prev_hash)
+{
+    auto pblock = Block(prev_hash);
+
+    CMutableTransaction coinbase_spend;
+    coinbase_spend.vin.push_back(CTxIn(COutPoint(pblock->vtx[0]->GetHash(), 0), CScript(), 0));
+    coinbase_spend.vout.push_back(pblock->vtx[0]->vout[0]);
+
+    CTransactionRef tx = MakeTransactionRef(coinbase_spend);
+    pblock->vtx.push_back(tx);
+
+    auto ret = FinalizeBlock(pblock);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+void BuildChain(const uint256& root, int height, const unsigned int invalid_rate, const unsigned int branch_rate, const unsigned int max_size, std::vector<std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>>& blocks)
+{
+    if (height <= 0 || blocks.size() >= max_size) return;
+
+    bool gen_invalid = GetRand(100) < invalid_rate;
+    bool gen_fork = GetRand(100) < branch_rate;
+
+    const std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> pblock = gen_invalid ? BadBlock(root) : GoodBlock(root);
+    blocks.push_back(pblock);
+    if (!gen_invalid) {
+        BuildChain(pblock->GetHash(), height - 1, invalid_rate, branch_rate, max_size, blocks);
+    }
+
+    if (gen_fork) {
+        blocks.push_back(GoodBlock(root));
+        BuildChain(blocks.back()->GetHash(), height - 1, invalid_rate, branch_rate, max_size, blocks);
+    }
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(processnewblock_signals_ordering)
+{
+    // build a large-ish chain that's likely to have some forks
+    std::vector<std::shared_ptr<const CBlock>> blocks;
+    while (blocks.size() < 50) {
+        blocks.clear();
+        BuildChain(Params().GenesisBlock().GetHash(), 100, 15, 10, 500, blocks);
+    }
+
+    bool ignored;
+    CValidationState state;
+    std::vector<CBlockHeader> headers;
+    std::transform(blocks.begin(), blocks.end(), std::back_inserter(headers), [](std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> b) { return b->GetBlockHeader(); });
+
+    // Process all the headers so we understand the toplogy of the chain
+    BOOST_CHECK(ProcessNewBlockHeaders(headers, state, Params()));
+
+    // Connect the genesis block and drain any outstanding events
+    ProcessNewBlock(Params(), std::make_shared<CBlock>(Params().GenesisBlock()), true, &ignored);
+    SyncWithValidationInterfaceQueue();
+
+    // subscribe to events (this subscriber will validate event ordering)
+    const CBlockIndex* initial_tip = nullptr;
+    {
+        LOCK(cs_main);
+        initial_tip = chainActive.Tip();
+    }
+    TestSubscriber sub(initial_tip->GetBlockHash());
+    RegisterValidationInterface(&sub);
+
+    // create a bunch of threads that repeatedly process a block generated above at random
+    // this will create parallelism and randomness inside validation - the ValidationInterface
+    // will subscribe to events generated during block validation and assert on ordering invariance
+    boost::thread_group threads;
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+        threads.create_thread([&blocks]() {
+            bool ignored;
+            for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+                auto block = blocks[GetRand(blocks.size() - 1)];
+                ProcessNewBlock(Params(), block, true, &ignored);
+            }
+
+            // to make sure that eventually we process the full chain - do it here
+            for (auto block : blocks) {
+                if (block->vtx.size() == 1) {
+                    bool processed = ProcessNewBlock(Params(), block, true, &ignored);
+                    assert(processed);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    threads.join_all();
+    while (GetMainSignals().CallbacksPending() > 0) {
+        MilliSleep(100);
+    }
+
+    UnregisterValidationInterface(&sub);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(sub.m_expected_tip, chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockHash());
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()