Use predetermined generation of transactions

- Same ECDSA key
- Deterministic generation of data

core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool_test.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package legacypool
 
 import (
 	"crypto/ecdsa"
+	"crypto/elliptic"
 	crand "crypto/rand"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -1197,10 +1198,19 @@ func TestPendingGlobalLimiting(t *testing.T) {
 func TestAllowedTxSize(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	// Create a test account and fund it
+	pool, _ := setupPool()
-	pool, key := setupPool()
 	defer pool.Close()
 
+	// We use a deterministic ecdsa key to obtain signed transactions of pre-determined sizes.
+	key := &ecdsa.PrivateKey{
+		PublicKey: ecdsa.PublicKey{
+			Curve: elliptic.P256(),
+			X:     new(big.Int).SetBytes(common.Hex2Bytes("78e68ff485cc934e4096f24091931e91334d6841c6c2be93d1a930e59783902d")),
+			Y:     new(big.Int).SetBytes(common.Hex2Bytes("ca8db229299a4f937eeb0a36c451751cd59df978aceaaf190c28783c321cf267")),
+		},
+		D: new(big.Int).SetBytes(common.Hex2Bytes("e521e757356c1f197f704502dfa10333993e3705ca3d304d6a349461ed67ae71")),
+	}
+
 	account := crypto.PubkeyToAddress(key.PublicKey)
 	testAddBalance(pool, account, big.NewInt(1000000000))
 
@@ -1212,7 +1222,7 @@ func TestAllowedTxSize(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to add transaction of size %d, close to maximal: %v", int(tx.Size()), err)
 	}
 	// Try adding a transaction with random allowed size
-	tx = sizedDataTransaction(t, uint64(rand.Intn(txMaxSize+1)), 1, gasLimit, key)
+	tx = sizedDataTransaction(t, txMaxSize/2, 1, gasLimit, key)
 	if err := pool.addRemoteSync(tx); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("failed to add transaction of random allowed size: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -1221,8 +1231,8 @@ func TestAllowedTxSize(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := pool.addRemoteSync(tx); err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected rejection on slightly oversize transaction")
 	}
-	// Try adding a transaction above maximum size by more than one
+	// Try adding a transaction above maximum size by two
-	tx = sizedDataTransaction(t, txMaxSize+2+uint64(rand.Intn(10*txMaxSize)), 2, gasLimit, key)
+	tx = sizedDataTransaction(t, txMaxSize+2, 2, gasLimit, key)
 	if err := pool.addRemoteSync(tx); err == nil {
 		t.Fatalf("expected rejection on oversize transaction")
 	}
@@ -1241,7 +1251,7 @@ func TestAllowedTxSize(t *testing.T) {
 
 // sizedDataTransaction generates a transaction with the size matching the `targetSize` given
 // as argument. It uses the nonce, gasLimit and key given as arguments to generate the transaction.
-// Note some target sizes cannot be generated, notably: 99, 154, 258, 356, 65539 and 65538.
+// Note around 1% of all possible sizes under [txMaxSize] cannot be generated by this function.
 func sizedDataTransaction(t *testing.T, targetSize, nonce, gasLimit uint64, key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) (
 	tx *types.Transaction) {
 	t.Helper()
@@ -1258,38 +1268,32 @@ func sizedDataTransaction(t *testing.T, targetSize, nonce, gasLimit uint64, key
 
 	// Find data length to reach the target size, assuming a signature of length 65.
 	// This is done because the data length header varies from 0 to 5 bytes.
-	var dataLength uint64
+	dataLength := targetSize - minimumSize
-	for dataLength = targetSize - minimumSize; dataLength > 0; dataLength-- {
+	data := make([]byte, dataLength)
-		data := make([]byte, dataLength)
+	for dataLength > 0 {
-		// Base this transaction on the transaction created in [pricedDataTransaction].
 		txWithData := types.NewTransaction(nonce, common.Address{}, big.NewInt(0), gasLimit, gasPrice, data)
-		sizeWithSignature := txWithData.Size() + targetSignatureLength
+		signedTx, err := types.SignTx(txWithData, types.HomesteadSigner{}, key)
-		// Note sizeWithSignature can decrease by 2 bytes eventhough the data length was decreased by 1 only.
+		if txSignatureLen(signedTx) != targetSignatureLength {
-		if sizeWithSignature < targetSize {
+			// try again with other data to get a signature of the desired length
-			break
+			for i := range data {
+				data[i]++
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		switch {
+		case err != nil:
+			require.NoError(t, err, "signing transaction")
+		case signedTx.Size() == targetSize:
+			return signedTx
+		case signedTx.Size() < targetSize:
+			t.Fatalf("target size %d cannot be reached (%d smaller for data length %d)", targetSize, signedTx.Size(), dataLength)
+		default: // larger than targetSize
+			dataLength--
+			data = data[:dataLength]
 		}
 	}
-
+	t.Fatalf("target size %d cannot be reached", targetSize)
-	previousDataLength := dataLength
+	return nil
-	for {
-		tx = pricedDataTransaction(nonce, gasLimit, gasPrice, key, dataLength)
-		size := tx.Size()
-		if size == targetSize {
-			return tx
-		} else if txSignatureLen(tx) != targetSignatureLength {
-			continue // re-generate with new random data to obtain a signature of 65 bytes.
-		}
-		// The final RLP encoding size sometimes varies by 1 to 2 bytes compared to the target size.
-		newDataLength := dataLength + 1
-		if size > targetSize {
-			newDataLength = dataLength - 1
-		}
-		if newDataLength == previousDataLength {
-			t.Fatalf("impossible to generate a transaction of length %d", targetSize)
-		}
-		previousDataLength = dataLength
-		dataLength = newDataLength
-	}
 }
 
 func txSignatureLen(tx *types.Transaction) uint64 {