From 6560bfa64c0378d6a5377b82b276457c9a782417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jethro Grassie <jtg@xtrabass.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 00:29:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] rpc: get_block_template add optional extra_nonce

Circumvents the need to create a new blockhashing blob when you already
know the data you want to set in the extra_nonce (so use this instead of
reserve_size).
---
 src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp             | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
index b6836e636e2..6e370dbc659 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server.cpp
@@ -1216,6 +1216,20 @@ namespace cryptonote
       return false;
     }
 
+    if(req.reserve_size && !req.extra_nonce.empty())
+    {
+      error_resp.code = CORE_RPC_ERROR_CODE_WRONG_PARAM;
+      error_resp.message = "Cannot specify both a reserve_size and an extra_nonce";
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if(req.extra_nonce.size() > 510)
+    {
+      error_resp.code = CORE_RPC_ERROR_CODE_TOO_BIG_RESERVE_SIZE;
+      error_resp.message = "Too big extra_nonce size, maximum 510 hex chars";
+      return false;
+    }
+
     cryptonote::address_parse_info info;
 
     if(!req.wallet_address.size() || !cryptonote::get_account_address_from_str(info, nettype(), req.wallet_address))
@@ -1233,7 +1247,17 @@ namespace cryptonote
 
     block b;
     cryptonote::blobdata blob_reserve;
-    blob_reserve.resize(req.reserve_size, 0);
+    if(!req.extra_nonce.empty())
+    {
+      if(!string_tools::parse_hexstr_to_binbuff(req.extra_nonce, blob_reserve))
+      {
+        error_resp.code = CORE_RPC_ERROR_CODE_WRONG_PARAM;
+        error_resp.message = "Parameter extra_nonce should be a hex string";
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+    else
+      blob_reserve.resize(req.reserve_size, 0);
     cryptonote::difficulty_type wdiff;
     crypto::hash prev_block;
     if (!req.prev_block.empty())
diff --git a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
index cfe4bbf2343..4718c204788 100644
--- a/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
+++ b/src/rpc/core_rpc_server_commands_defs.h
@@ -919,11 +919,13 @@ namespace cryptonote
       uint64_t reserve_size;       //max 255 bytes
       std::string wallet_address;
       std::string prev_block;
+      std::string extra_nonce;
 
       BEGIN_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
         KV_SERIALIZE(reserve_size)
         KV_SERIALIZE(wallet_address)
         KV_SERIALIZE(prev_block)
+        KV_SERIALIZE(extra_nonce)
       END_KV_SERIALIZE_MAP()
     };
     typedef epee::misc_utils::struct_init<request_t> request;