From c8b74258bad399d39262ed11b892a729196cb297 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gavin Andresen <gavinandresen@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:07:55 +1000
Subject: setgenerate creates multiple blocks in -regtest mode

I'm writing some wallet regression tests using -regtest mode, and
need to generate an initial multi-hundred-block chain. Repeatedly
calling setgenerate to generate one block is slow and doesn't
work properly, because block creation happens asynchronously.

This adds two features to setgenerate in -regtest mode:

1) Instead of being interpreted as number of threads to start, the
third argument is the number of blocks to generate.

2) setgenerate will not return until the block creation threads
have created the requested number of blocks.
---
 src/rpcmining.cpp | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/rpcmining.cpp')

diff --git a/src/rpcmining.cpp b/src/rpcmining.cpp
index e4fa7ed85..16c8a504b 100644
--- a/src/rpcmining.cpp
+++ b/src/rpcmining.cpp
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ Value setgenerate(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
             "\nArguments:\n"
             "1. generate         (boolean, required) Set to true to turn on generation, off to turn off.\n"
             "2. genproclimit     (numeric, optional) Set the processor limit for when generation is on. Can be -1 for unlimited.\n"
+            "                    Note: in -regtest mode, genproclimit controls how many blocks are generated immediately.\n"
             "\nExamples:\n"
             "\nSet the generation on with a limit of one processor\n"
             + HelpExampleCli("setgenerate", "true 1") +
@@ -144,21 +145,55 @@ Value setgenerate(const Array& params, bool fHelp)
             + HelpExampleRpc("setgenerate", "true, 1")
         );
 
+    if (pwalletMain == NULL)
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_METHOD_NOT_FOUND, "Method not found (disabled)");
+
     bool fGenerate = true;
     if (params.size() > 0)
         fGenerate = params[0].get_bool();
 
+    int nGenProcLimit = -1;
     if (params.size() > 1)
     {
-        int nGenProcLimit = params[1].get_int();
-        mapArgs["-genproclimit"] = itostr(nGenProcLimit);
+        nGenProcLimit = params[1].get_int();
         if (nGenProcLimit == 0)
             fGenerate = false;
     }
-    mapArgs["-gen"] = (fGenerate ? "1" : "0");
 
-    assert(pwalletMain != NULL);
-    GenerateBitcoins(fGenerate, pwalletMain);
+    // -regtest mode: don't return until nGenProcLimit blocks are generated
+    if (fGenerate && Params().NetworkID() == CChainParams::REGTEST)
+    {
+        int nHeightStart = 0;
+        int nHeightEnd = 0;
+        int nHeight = 0;
+        int nGenerate = (nGenProcLimit > 0 ? nGenProcLimit : 1);
+        {   // Don't keep cs_main locked
+            LOCK(cs_main);
+            nHeightStart = chainActive.Height();
+            nHeight = nHeightStart;
+            nHeightEnd = nHeightStart+nGenerate;
+        }
+        int nHeightLast = -1;
+        while (nHeight < nHeightEnd)
+        {
+            if (nHeightLast != nHeight)
+            {
+                nHeightLast = nHeight;
+                GenerateBitcoins(fGenerate, pwalletMain, 1);
+            }
+            MilliSleep(1);
+            {   // Don't keep cs_main locked
+                LOCK(cs_main);
+                nHeight = chainActive.Height();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else // Not -regtest: start generate thread, return immediately
+    {
+        mapArgs["-gen"] = (fGenerate ? "1" : "0");
+        GenerateBitcoins(fGenerate, pwalletMain, nGenProcLimit);
+    }
+
     return Value::null;
 }
 
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