[test util] mock mempool minimum feerate

src/test/util/setup_common.cpp

@@ -432,6 +432,33 @@ std::vector<CTransactionRef> TestChain100Setup::PopulateMempool(FastRandomContex
     return mempool_transactions;
 }
 
+void TestChain100Setup::MockMempoolMinFee(const CFeeRate& target_feerate)
+{
+    LOCK2(cs_main, m_node.mempool->cs);
+    // Transactions in the mempool will affect the new minimum feerate.
+    assert(m_node.mempool->size() == 0);
+    // The target feerate cannot be too low...
+    // ...otherwise the transaction's feerate will need to be negative.
+    assert(target_feerate > m_node.mempool->m_incremental_relay_feerate);
+    // ...otherwise this is not meaningful. The feerate policy uses the maximum of both feerates.
+    assert(target_feerate > m_node.mempool->m_min_relay_feerate);
+
+    // Manually create an invalid transaction. Manually set the fee in the CTxMemPoolEntry to
+    // achieve the exact target feerate.
+    CMutableTransaction mtx = CMutableTransaction();
+    mtx.vin.push_back(CTxIn{COutPoint{g_insecure_rand_ctx.rand256(), 0}});
+    mtx.vout.push_back(CTxOut(1 * COIN, GetScriptForDestination(WitnessV0ScriptHash(CScript() << OP_TRUE))));
+    const auto tx{MakeTransactionRef(mtx)};
+    LockPoints lp;
+    // The new mempool min feerate is equal to the removed package's feerate + incremental feerate.
+    const auto tx_fee = target_feerate.GetFee(GetVirtualTransactionSize(*tx)) -
+        m_node.mempool->m_incremental_relay_feerate.GetFee(GetVirtualTransactionSize(*tx));
+    m_node.mempool->addUnchecked(CTxMemPoolEntry(tx, /*fee=*/tx_fee,
+                                                 /*time=*/0, /*entry_height=*/1,
+                                                 /*spends_coinbase=*/true, /*sigops_cost=*/1, lp));
+    m_node.mempool->TrimToSize(0);
+    assert(m_node.mempool->GetMinFee() == target_feerate);
+}
 /**
  * @returns a real block (0000000000013b8ab2cd513b0261a14096412195a72a0c4827d229dcc7e0f7af)
  *      with 9 txs.

src/test/util/setup_common.h

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
+class CFeeRate;
 class Chainstate;
 
 /** This is connected to the logger. Can be used to redirect logs to any other log */
@@ -185,6 +186,17 @@ struct TestChain100Setup : public TestingSetup {
      */
     std::vector<CTransactionRef> PopulateMempool(FastRandomContext& det_rand, size_t num_transactions, bool submit);
 
+    /** Mock the mempool minimum feerate by adding a transaction and calling TrimToSize(0),
+     * simulating the mempool "reaching capacity" and evicting by descendant feerate.  Note that
+     * this clears the mempool, and the new minimum feerate will depend on the maximum feerate of
+     * transactions removed, so this must be called while the mempool is empty.
+     *
+     * @param target_feerate    The new mempool minimum feerate after this function returns.
+     *                          Must be above max(incremental feerate, min relay feerate),
+     *                          or 1sat/vB with default settings.
+     */
+    void MockMempoolMinFee(const CFeeRate& target_feerate);
+
     std::vector<CTransactionRef> m_coinbase_txns; // For convenience, coinbase transactions
     CKey coinbaseKey; // private/public key needed to spend coinbase transactions
 };