net: Consistently use GetTimeMicros() for inactivity checks

The use of mocktime in test logic means that comparisons between
GetTime() and GetTimeMicros()/1000000 are unreliable since the former
can use mocktime values while the latter always gets the system clock;
this changes the networking code's inactivity checks to consistently
use the system clock for inactivity comparisons.

Also remove some hacks from setmocktime() that are no longer needed,
now that we're using the system clock for nLastSend and nLastRecv.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/utiltime.h b/src/utiltime.h
index b2807267d..05c679049 100644
--- a/src/utiltime.h
+++ b/src/utiltime.h
@@ -9,9 +9,20 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <string>
 
+/**
+ * GetTimeMicros() and GetTimeMillis() both return the system time, but in
+ * different units. GetTime() returns the sytem time in seconds, but also
+ * supports mocktime, where the time can be specified by the user, eg for
+ * testing (eg with the setmocktime rpc, or -mocktime argument).
+ *
+ * TODO: Rework these functions to be type-safe (so that we don't inadvertently
+ * compare numbers with different units, or compare a mocktime to system time).
+ */
+
 int64_t GetTime();
 int64_t GetTimeMillis();
 int64_t GetTimeMicros();
+int64_t GetSystemTimeInSeconds(); // Like GetTime(), but not mockable
 int64_t GetLogTimeMicros();
 void SetMockTime(int64_t nMockTimeIn);
 void MilliSleep(int64_t n);