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Allow node to work without work generation #2312

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These changes prevent the node from hanging when work generation is requested in any way and generation is not possible.

  • work_threads 0 and !opencl -> local generation disabled (only used for RPC work_generate with use_peers false)
  • local generation disabled and 0 work peers -> work generation disabled
  • Work watcher can still watch the block, but does not rework
  • Precaching will silently fail
  • RPCs send/receive/account_representative_set/block_create have appropriate errors
  • QT wallet will show "Work generation disabled" when trying to e.g. send a block. A future PR could display a permanent status message to warn the user that work generation is disabled, and prevent certain actions
  • Distributed work / work pool will fail when generation is not possible, but I do a check on every caller for custom error handling (all of the above)

Marking as non-breaking change since RPCs would simply hang before.

Most changes are for tests due to changing work_pool::generate to an optional. Actual tests added:

  • rpc.cpp
  • work_pool.cpp
  • distributed_work.cpp
  • wallet.cpp

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Allow node to work without work generation
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These changes prevent the node from hanging when work generation is requested in any way and generation is not possible.

- work_threads 0 and !opencl  ->  local generation disabled
- local generation disabled and 0 work peers -> work generation disabled
- Work watcher can still watch the block, but does not rework
- Precaching will silently not be done
- RPCs send/receive/account_representative_set/block_create will error correctly
- QT wallet will show "Work generation disabled" when trying to use, a future PR could display a permanent status message to warn the user that work generation is disabled
- Distributed work / work pool will fail when generation is not possible, but the same is checked on callers for custom error messages
@guilhermelawless guilhermelawless added quality improvements This item indicates the need for or supplies changes that improve maintainability rpc nonbreaking change labels Sep 23, 2019
@guilhermelawless guilhermelawless added this to the V20.0 milestone Sep 23, 2019
@guilhermelawless guilhermelawless self-assigned this Sep 23, 2019
@guilhermelawless guilhermelawless merged commit 8ca90f1 into nanocurrency:master Oct 1, 2019
@guilhermelawless guilhermelawless deleted the allow-pow-disabled branch October 1, 2019 15:02
@zhyatt zhyatt added rpc Changes related to Remote Procedure Calls and removed rpc nonbreaking change labels Mar 17, 2020
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