The -blockreservedweight startup option should only affect RPC code,
because IPC clients (currently) do not have a way to signal their intent
to use the node default (the BlockCreateOptions struct defaults
merely document a recommendation for client software).
Before this commit however, if the user set -blockreservedweight
then ApplyArgsManOptions would cause the block_reserved_weight
option passed by IPC clients to be ignored. Users who don't set
this value were not affected.
Fix this by making BlockCreateOptions::block_reserved_weight an
std::optional.
Internal interface users, such as the RPC call sites, don't set a
value so -blockreservedweight is used. Whereas IPC clients do set
a value which is no longer ignored.
Test coverage is added.
mining_basic.py already ensured -blockreservedweight is enforced by
mining RPC methods. This commit adds coverage for Mining interface IPC
clients. It also verifies that -blockreservedweight has no effect on
them.
Co-Authored-By: Russell Yanofsky <russ@yanofsky.org>
Refactor the mining_create_block_template and mining_wait_next_template
helpers in ipc_util.py to return None if they time out or fail. It makes
the test easier to read and provides a more clear error message in case
of a regression.
There were a few spots that didn't use mining_wait_next_template yet,
which now do.
Split the Mining interface test into focused subtests.
Keep the initial tip-change pre-mine check in run_mining_interface_test.
As a result run_block_template_test no longer has newblockref.
Split Mining interface tests into interface_ipc_mining.py and keep
interface_ipc.py for echo + simple inspectors.
Register the new test in test_runner.py.
The setup code around "Create Mining proxy object" is duplicated
in the new test file, but the simple insector checks below it
are not moved.
