Merge #16471: [mempool] log correct messages when CPFP fails

42a5e912ee4e91a5191d659588f0605e1ada2f33 [mempool] log correct messages when CPFP fails (John Newbery)

Pull request description:

  Fixes a logging issue introduced in #15681

ACKs for top commit:
  laanwj:
    ACK 42a5e912ee4e91a5191d659588f0605e1ada2f33 (+utACK from bluematt that isn't registered because it has no commit id)

Tree-SHA512: ff5f423cc4d22838eea00c5b1d39ceda89cd61474c72f256a97c698eb0ec3f2156a97139f537669376132902c1e3943bf84c356a4b98a9a306b4ec57302c2761

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/validation.cpp b/src/validation.cpp
index 19f4f098d..b4677df62 100644
--- a/src/validation.cpp
+++ b/src/validation.cpp
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPool
         std::string errString;
         if (!pool.CalculateMemPoolAncestors(entry, setAncestors, nLimitAncestors, nLimitAncestorSize, nLimitDescendants, nLimitDescendantSize, errString)) {
             setAncestors.clear();
+            // If CalculateMemPoolAncestors fails second time, we want the original error string.
+            std::string dummy_err_string;
             // If the new transaction is relatively small (up to 40k weight)
             // and has at most one ancestor (ie ancestor limit of 2, including
             // the new transaction), allow it if its parent has exactly the
@@ -629,7 +631,7 @@ static bool AcceptToMemoryPoolWorker(const CChainParams& chainparams, CTxMemPool
             // outputs - one for each counterparty. For more info on the uses for
             // this, see https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/2018-November/016518.html
             if (nSize >  EXTRA_DESCENDANT_TX_SIZE_LIMIT ||
-                    !pool.CalculateMemPoolAncestors(entry, setAncestors, 2, nLimitAncestorSize, nLimitDescendants + 1, nLimitDescendantSize + EXTRA_DESCENDANT_TX_SIZE_LIMIT, errString)) {
+                    !pool.CalculateMemPoolAncestors(entry, setAncestors, 2, nLimitAncestorSize, nLimitDescendants + 1, nLimitDescendantSize + EXTRA_DESCENDANT_TX_SIZE_LIMIT, dummy_err_string)) {
                 return state.Invalid(ValidationInvalidReason::TX_MEMPOOL_POLICY, false, REJECT_NONSTANDARD, "too-long-mempool-chain", errString);
             }
         }