Trigger -alertnotify if network is upgrading without you

This adds a -regetest-only undocumented (for regression testing only)
command-line option -blockversion=N to set block.nVersion.

Adds to the "has the rest of the network upgraded to a
block.nVersion we don't understand" code so it calls
-alertnotify when 51 of the last 100 blocks are up-version.
But it only alerts once, not with every subsequent new, upversion
block.

And adds a forknotify.py regression test to make sure it works.

Tested using forknotify.py:

Before adding CAlert::Notify, get:
Assertion failed: -alertnotify did not warn of up-version blocks

Before adding code to only alert once:
Assertion failed: -alertnotify excessive warning of up-version blocks

After final code in this pull:
Tests successful
This commit is contained in:
Gavin Andresen
2014-10-07 14:22:58 -04:00
parent e01a7939d3
commit dbca89b74b
4 changed files with 77 additions and 1 deletions

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@@ -1755,7 +1755,8 @@ void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
cvBlockChange.notify_all();
// Check the version of the last 100 blocks to see if we need to upgrade:
if (!IsInitialBlockDownload())
static bool fWarned = false;
if (!IsInitialBlockDownload() && !fWarned)
{
int nUpgraded = 0;
const CBlockIndex* pindex = chainActive.Tip();
@@ -1768,8 +1769,12 @@ void static UpdateTip(CBlockIndex *pindexNew) {
if (nUpgraded > 0)
LogPrintf("SetBestChain: %d of last 100 blocks above version %d\n", nUpgraded, (int)CBlock::CURRENT_VERSION);
if (nUpgraded > 100/2)
{
// strMiscWarning is read by GetWarnings(), called by Qt and the JSON-RPC code to warn the user:
strMiscWarning = _("Warning: This version is obsolete, upgrade required!");
CAlert::Notify(strMiscWarning, true);
fWarned = true;
}
}
}