Ignore banlist.dat

doc/files.md

@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ Subdirectory       | File(s)               | Description
 `indexes/coinstats/db/` | LevelDB database | Coinstats index; *optional*, used if `-coinstatsindex=1`
 `wallets/`         |                       | [Contains wallets](#multi-wallet-environment); can be specified by `-walletdir` option; if `wallets/` subdirectory does not exist, wallets reside in the [data directory](#data-directory-location)
 `./`               | `anchors.dat`         | Anchor IP address database, created on shutdown and deleted at startup. Anchors are last known outgoing block-relay-only peers that are tried to re-connect to on startup
-`./`               | `banlist.dat`         | Stores the addresses/subnets of banned nodes (deprecated). `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt` no longer save the banlist to this file, but read it on startup if `banlist.json` is not present.
 `./`               | `banlist.json`        | Stores the addresses/subnets of banned nodes.
 `./`               | `bitcoin.conf`        | User-defined [configuration settings](bitcoin-conf.md) for `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt`. File is not written to by the software and must be created manually. Path can be specified by `-conf` option
 `./`               | `bitcoind.pid`        | Stores the process ID (PID) of `bitcoind` or `bitcoin-qt` while running; created at start and deleted on shutdown; can be specified by `-pid` option
@@ -114,6 +113,7 @@ These subdirectories and files are no longer used by Bitcoin Core:
 
 Path           | Description | Repository notes
 ---------------|-------------|-----------------
+`banlist.dat`  | Stores the addresses/subnets of banned nodes; superseded by `banlist.json` in 22.0 and completely ignored in 23.0 | [PR #20966](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/20966), [PR #22570](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22570)
 `blktree/`     | Blockchain index; replaced by `blocks/index/` in [0.8.0](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/master/doc/release-notes/release-notes-0.8.0.md#improvements) | [PR #2231](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2231), [`8fdc94cc`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8fdc94cc8f0341e96b1edb3a5b56811c0b20bd15)
 `coins/`       | Unspent transaction output database; replaced by `chainstate/` in 0.8.0 | [PR #2231](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/2231), [`8fdc94cc`](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/commit/8fdc94cc8f0341e96b1edb3a5b56811c0b20bd15)
 `blkindex.dat` | Blockchain index BDB database; replaced by {`chainstate/`, `blocks/index/`, `blocks/revNNNNN.dat`<sup>[\[2\]](#note2)</sup>} in 0.8.0 | [PR #1677](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/1677)

src/addrdb.cpp

@@ -197,17 +197,16 @@ bool CBanDB::Write(const banmap_t& banSet)
     return false;
 }
 
-bool CBanDB::Read(banmap_t& banSet, bool& dirty)
+bool CBanDB::Read(banmap_t& banSet)
 {
-    // If the JSON banlist does not exist, then try to read the non-upgraded banlist.dat.
+    if (fs::exists(m_banlist_dat)) {
+        LogPrintf("banlist.dat ignored because it can only be read by " PACKAGE_NAME " version 22.x. Remove %s to silence this warning.\n", m_banlist_dat);
+    }
+    // If the JSON banlist does not exist, then recreate it
     if (!fs::exists(m_banlist_json)) {
-        // If this succeeds then we need to flush to disk in order to create the JSON banlist.
-        dirty = true;
-        return DeserializeFileDB(m_banlist_dat, banSet, CLIENT_VERSION);
+        return false;
     }
 
-    dirty = false;
-
     std::map<std::string, util::SettingsValue> settings;
     std::vector<std::string> errors;
 

src/addrdb.h

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class CAddrDB
     static bool Read(CAddrMan& addr, CDataStream& ssPeers);
 };
 
-/** Access to the banlist databases (banlist.json and banlist.dat) */
+/** Access to the banlist database (banlist.json) */
 class CBanDB
 {
 private:
@@ -95,11 +95,9 @@ class CBanDB
      * Read the banlist from disk.
      * @param[out] banSet The loaded list. Set if `true` is returned, otherwise it is left
      * in an undefined state.
-     * @param[out] dirty Indicates whether the loaded list needs flushing to disk. Set if
-     * `true` is returned, otherwise it is left in an undefined state.
      * @return true on success
      */
-    bool Read(banmap_t& banSet, bool& dirty);
+    bool Read(banmap_t& banSet);
 };
 
 /**

src/banman.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ BanMan::BanMan(fs::path ban_file, CClientUIInterface* client_interface, int64_t
     if (m_client_interface) m_client_interface->InitMessage(_("Loading banlist…").translated);
 
     int64_t n_start = GetTimeMillis();
-    if (m_ban_db.Read(m_banned, m_is_dirty)) {
+    if (m_ban_db.Read(m_banned)) {
         SweepBanned(); // sweep out unused entries
 
         LogPrint(BCLog::NET, "Loaded %d banned node addresses/subnets  %dms\n", m_banned.size(),

src/banman.h

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class BanMan
 
     RecursiveMutex m_cs_banned;
     banmap_t m_banned GUARDED_BY(m_cs_banned);
-    bool m_is_dirty GUARDED_BY(m_cs_banned);
+    bool m_is_dirty GUARDED_BY(m_cs_banned){false};
     CClientUIInterface* m_client_interface = nullptr;
     CBanDB m_ban_db;
     const int64_t m_default_ban_time;