Merge #12963: Fix Clang Static Analyzer warnings

159c32d Add assertion to guide static analyzers. Clang Static Analyzer needs this guidance. (practicalswift)
fd447a6 Fix dead stores. Values were stored but never read. Limit scope. (practicalswift)

Pull request description:

  Fix Clang Static Analyzer warnings reported by @kallewoof in #12961:

  * Fix dead stores. Values were stored but never read.
  * Add assertion to guide static analyzers. See #12961 for details.

Tree-SHA512: 83dbec821f45217637316bee978e7543f2d2caeb7f7b0b3aec107fede0fff8baa756da8f6b761ae0d38537740839ac9752f6689109c38a4b05c0c041aaa3a1fb

Author: MarcoFalke

src/rpc/mining.cpp

@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ static UniValue getblocktemplate(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
         // Need to update only after we know CreateNewBlock succeeded
         pindexPrev = pindexPrevNew;
     }
+    assert(pindexPrev);
     CBlock* pblock = &pblocktemplate->block; // pointer for convenience
     const Consensus::Params& consensusParams = Params().GetConsensus();
 

src/test/util_tests.cpp

@@ -1065,6 +1065,7 @@ static void TestOtherProcess(fs::path dirname, std::string lockname, int fd)
             ReleaseDirectoryLocks();
             ch = true; // Always succeeds
             rv = write(fd, &ch, 1);
+            assert(rv == 1);
             break;
         case ExitCommand:
             close(fd);

src/wallet/test/coinselector_tests.cpp

@@ -536,19 +536,9 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SelectCoins_test)
     std::exponential_distribution<double> distribution (100);
     FastRandomContext rand;
 
-    // Output stuff
-    CAmount out_value = 0;
-    CoinSet out_set;
-    CAmount target = 0;
-    bool bnb_used;
-
     // Run this test 100 times
     for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i)
     {
-        // Reset
-        out_value = 0;
-        target = 0;
-        out_set.clear();
         empty_wallet();
 
         // Make a wallet with 1000 exponentially distributed random inputs
@@ -561,11 +551,14 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(SelectCoins_test)
         CFeeRate rate(rand.randrange(300) + 100);
 
         // Generate a random target value between 1000 and wallet balance
-        target = rand.randrange(balance - 1000) + 1000;
+        CAmount target = rand.randrange(balance - 1000) + 1000;
 
         // Perform selection
         CoinSelectionParams coin_selection_params_knapsack(false, 34, 148, CFeeRate(0), 0);
         CoinSelectionParams coin_selection_params_bnb(true, 34, 148, CFeeRate(0), 0);
+        CoinSet out_set;
+        CAmount out_value = 0;
+        bool bnb_used = false;
         BOOST_CHECK(testWallet.SelectCoinsMinConf(target, filter_standard, vCoins, out_set, out_value, coin_selection_params_bnb, bnb_used) ||
                     testWallet.SelectCoinsMinConf(target, filter_standard, vCoins, out_set, out_value, coin_selection_params_knapsack, bnb_used));
         BOOST_CHECK_GE(out_value, target);