Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#33805: merkle: migrate path arg to reference and drop unused args

24ed820d4f merkle: remove unused `mutated` arg from `BlockWitnessMerkleRoot` (Lőrinc)
63d640fa6a merkle: remove unused `proot` and `pmutated` args from `MerkleComputation` (Lőrinc)
be270551df merkle: migrate `path` arg of `MerkleComputation` to a reference (Lőrinc)

Pull request description:

  ### Summary
  Simplifies merkle tree computation by removing dead code found through coverage analysis (following up on #33768 and #33786).

  ### History

  #### BlockWitnessMerkleRoot
  Original `MerkleComputation` was added in ee60e5625b (diff-706988c23877f8a557484053887f932b2cafb3b5998b50497ce7ff8118ac85a3R131) where it was called for either `&hash, mutated` or `position, &ret` args.
  In 1f0e7ca09c (diff-706988c23877f8a557484053887f932b2cafb3b5998b50497ce7ff8118ac85a3L135-L165) the first usage was inlined in `ComputeMerkleRoot`, leaving the `proot` and , `pmutated` values unused in `MerkleComputation`.
  Later in 4defdfab94 the method was moved to test and in 63d6ad7c89 (diff-706988c23877f8a557484053887f932b2cafb3b5998b50497ce7ff8118ac85a3R87-R95) was restored to the code, though with unused parameters again.

  #### BlockWitnessMerkleRoot
  `BlockWitnessMerkleRoot` was introduced in 8b49040854 where it was already called with `NULL` 8b49040854 (diff-34d21af3c614ea3cee120df276c9c4ae95053830d7f1d3deaf009a4625409ad2R3509) or an unused dummy 8b49040854 (diff-34d21af3c614ea3cee120df276c9c4ae95053830d7f1d3deaf009a4625409ad2R3598-R3599) for the `mutated` parameter.

  ### Fixes

  #### BlockWitnessMerkleRoot
  - Converts `path` parameter from pointer to reference (always non-null at call site)
  - Removes `proot` and `pmutated` parameters (always `nullptr` at call site)

  #### BlockWitnessMerkleRoot
  - Removes unused `mutated` output parameter (always passed as `nullptr`)

  The change is a refactor that shouldn't introduce *any* behavioral change, only remove dead code, leftovers from previous refactors.

  ### Coverage proof
  https://maflcko.github.io/b-c-cov/total.coverage/src/consensus/merkle.cpp.gcov.html

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Ava Chow
2025-12-10 15:28:50 -08:00
4 changed files with 23 additions and 35 deletions

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@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ uint256 BlockMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block, bool* mutated)
return ComputeMerkleRoot(std::move(leaves), mutated);
}
uint256 BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block, bool* mutated)
uint256 BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block)
{
std::vector<uint256> leaves;
leaves.resize(block.vtx.size());
@@ -81,20 +81,17 @@ uint256 BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block, bool* mutated)
for (size_t s = 1; s < block.vtx.size(); s++) {
leaves[s] = block.vtx[s]->GetWitnessHash().ToUint256();
}
return ComputeMerkleRoot(std::move(leaves), mutated);
return ComputeMerkleRoot(std::move(leaves));
}
/* This implements a constant-space merkle root/path calculator, limited to 2^32 leaves. */
static void MerkleComputation(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint256* proot, bool* pmutated, uint32_t leaf_pos, std::vector<uint256>* path)
/* This implements a constant-space merkle path calculator, limited to 2^32 leaves. */
static void MerkleComputation(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint32_t leaf_pos, std::vector<uint256>& path)
{
if (path) path->clear();
path.clear();
Assume(leaves.size() <= UINT32_MAX);
if (leaves.size() == 0) {
if (pmutated) *pmutated = false;
if (proot) *proot = uint256();
return;
}
bool mutated = false;
// count is the number of leaves processed so far.
uint32_t count = 0;
// inner is an array of eagerly computed subtree hashes, indexed by tree
@@ -115,15 +112,12 @@ static void MerkleComputation(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint256* proot
// corresponds to an inner value that existed before processing the
// current leaf, and each needs a hash to combine it.
for (level = 0; !(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level)); level++) {
if (path) {
if (matchh) {
path->push_back(inner[level]);
} else if (matchlevel == level) {
path->push_back(h);
matchh = true;
}
if (matchh) {
path.push_back(inner[level]);
} else if (matchlevel == level) {
path.push_back(h);
matchh = true;
}
mutated |= (inner[level] == h);
h = Hash(inner[level], h);
}
// Store the resulting hash at inner position level.
@@ -147,8 +141,8 @@ static void MerkleComputation(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint256* proot
// If we reach this point, h is an inner value that is not the top.
// We combine it with itself (Bitcoin's special rule for odd levels in
// the tree) to produce a higher level one.
if (path && matchh) {
path->push_back(h);
if (matchh) {
path.push_back(h);
}
h = Hash(h, h);
// Increment count to the value it would have if two entries at this
@@ -157,26 +151,21 @@ static void MerkleComputation(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint256* proot
level++;
// And propagate the result upwards accordingly.
while (!(count & ((uint32_t{1}) << level))) {
if (path) {
if (matchh) {
path->push_back(inner[level]);
} else if (matchlevel == level) {
path->push_back(h);
matchh = true;
}
if (matchh) {
path.push_back(inner[level]);
} else if (matchlevel == level) {
path.push_back(h);
matchh = true;
}
h = Hash(inner[level], h);
level++;
}
}
// Return result.
if (pmutated) *pmutated = mutated;
if (proot) *proot = h;
}
static std::vector<uint256> ComputeMerklePath(const std::vector<uint256>& leaves, uint32_t position) {
std::vector<uint256> ret;
MerkleComputation(leaves, nullptr, nullptr, position, &ret);
MerkleComputation(leaves, position, ret);
return ret;
}

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@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ uint256 BlockMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block, bool* mutated = nullptr);
/*
* Compute the Merkle root of the witness transactions in a block.
* *mutated is set to true if a duplicated subtree was found.
*/
uint256 BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block, bool* mutated = nullptr);
uint256 BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(const CBlock& block);
/**
* Compute merkle path to the specified transaction

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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(merkle)
}
// Test ComputeMerkleRoot
bool mutated = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool();
bool mutated = fuzzed_data_provider.ConsumeBool(); // output param, initial value shouldn't matter
const uint256 merkle_root = ComputeMerkleRoot(tx_hashes, &mutated);
// Basic sanity checks for ComputeMerkleRoot
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ FUZZ_TARGET(merkle)
}
if (!block->vtx.empty()){
const uint256 block_witness_merkle_root = BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(*block, &mutated);
const uint256 block_witness_merkle_root = BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(*block);
if (tx_hashes.size() == 1) {
assert(block_witness_merkle_root == uint256());
}

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@@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ static bool CheckWitnessMalleation(const CBlock& block, bool expect_witness_comm
// The malleation check is ignored; as the transaction tree itself
// already does not permit it, it is impossible to trigger in the
// witness tree.
uint256 hash_witness = BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(block, /*mutated=*/nullptr);
uint256 hash_witness = BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(block);
CHash256().Write(hash_witness).Write(witness_stack[0]).Finalize(hash_witness);
if (memcmp(hash_witness.begin(), &block.vtx[0]->vout[commitpos].scriptPubKey[6], 32)) {
@@ -4039,7 +4039,7 @@ std::vector<unsigned char> ChainstateManager::GenerateCoinbaseCommitment(CBlock&
int commitpos = GetWitnessCommitmentIndex(block);
std::vector<unsigned char> ret(32, 0x00);
if (commitpos == NO_WITNESS_COMMITMENT) {
uint256 witnessroot = BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(block, nullptr);
uint256 witnessroot = BlockWitnessMerkleRoot(block);
CHash256().Write(witnessroot).Write(ret).Finalize(witnessroot);
CTxOut out;
out.nValue = 0;