wallet: remove -salvagewallet

7 files changed, 5 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/src/wallet/init.cpp b/src/wallet/init.cpp
index 6f973aab1c..3885eb6185 100644
--- a/src/wallet/init.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/init.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ void WalletInit::AddWalletOptions() const
     gArgs.AddArg("-paytxfee=<amt>", strprintf("Fee (in %s/kB) to add to transactions you send (default: %s)",
                                                             CURRENCY_UNIT, FormatMoney(CFeeRate{DEFAULT_PAY_TX_FEE}.GetFeePerK())), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-rescan", "Rescan the block chain for missing wallet transactions on startup", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
-    gArgs.AddArg("-salvagewallet", "Attempt to recover private keys from a corrupt wallet on startup", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-spendzeroconfchange", strprintf("Spend unconfirmed change when sending transactions (default: %u)", DEFAULT_SPEND_ZEROCONF_CHANGE), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-txconfirmtarget=<n>", strprintf("If paytxfee is not set, include enough fee so transactions begin confirmation on average within n blocks (default: %u)", DEFAULT_TX_CONFIRM_TARGET), ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
     gArgs.AddArg("-wallet=<path>", "Specify wallet database path. Can be specified multiple times to load multiple wallets. Path is interpreted relative to <walletdir> if it is not absolute, and will be created if it does not exist (as a directory containing a wallet.dat file and log files). For backwards compatibility this will also accept names of existing data files in <walletdir>.)", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY | ArgsManager::NETWORK_ONLY, OptionsCategory::WALLET);
@@ -89,16 +88,6 @@ bool WalletInit::ParameterInteraction() const
         LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -blocksonly=1 -> setting -walletbroadcast=0\n", __func__);
     }
 
-    if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-salvagewallet", false)) {
-        if (is_multiwallet) {
-            return InitError(strprintf(Untranslated("%s is only allowed with a single wallet file"), "-salvagewallet"));
-        }
-        // Rewrite just private keys: rescan to find transactions
-        if (gArgs.SoftSetBoolArg("-rescan", true)) {
-            LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -salvagewallet=1 -> setting -rescan=1\n", __func__);
-        }
-    }
-
     bool zapwallettxes = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-zapwallettxes", false);
     // -zapwallettxes implies dropping the mempool on startup
     if (zapwallettxes && gArgs.SoftSetBoolArg("-persistmempool", false)) {
diff --git a/src/wallet/load.cpp b/src/wallet/load.cpp
index 16f3699d37..8df3e78215 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/load.cpp
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wal
 
     chain.initMessage(_("Verifying wallet(s)...").translated);
 
-    // Parameter interaction code should have thrown an error if -salvagewallet
-    // was enabled with more than wallet file, so the wallet_files size check
-    // here should have no effect.
-    bool salvage_wallet = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-salvagewallet", false) && wallet_files.size() <= 1;
-
     // Keep track of each wallet absolute path to detect duplicates.
     std::set<fs::path> wallet_paths;
 
@@ -55,7 +50,7 @@ bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wal
 
         bilingual_str error_string;
         std::vector<bilingual_str> warnings;
-        bool verify_success = CWallet::Verify(chain, location, salvage_wallet, error_string, warnings);
+        bool verify_success = CWallet::Verify(chain, location, error_string, warnings);
         if (!warnings.empty()) chain.initWarning(Join(warnings, Untranslated("\n")));
         if (!verify_success) {
             chain.initError(error_string);
diff --git a/src/wallet/load.h b/src/wallet/load.h
index 5a62e29303..e24b1f2e69 100644
--- a/src/wallet/load.h
+++ b/src/wallet/load.h
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ class Chain;
 } // namespace interfaces
 
 //! Responsible for reading and validating the -wallet arguments and verifying the wallet database.
-//! This function will perform salvage on the wallet if requested, as long as only one wallet is
-//! being loaded (WalletInit::ParameterInteraction() forbids -salvagewallet, -zapwallettxes or -upgradewallet with multiwallet).
 bool VerifyWallets(interfaces::Chain& chain, const std::vector<std::string>& wallet_files);
 
 //! Load wallet databases.
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 2b45c6a536..3c968abea0 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void UnloadWallet(std::shared_ptr<CWallet>&& wallet)
 std::shared_ptr<CWallet> LoadWallet(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, bilingual_str& error, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings)
 {
     try {
-        if (!CWallet::Verify(chain, location, false, error, warnings)) {
+        if (!CWallet::Verify(chain, location, error, warnings)) {
             error = Untranslated("Wallet file verification failed.") + Untranslated(" ") + error;
             return nullptr;
         }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ WalletCreationStatus CreateWallet(interfaces::Chain& chain, const SecureString&
     }
 
     // Wallet::Verify will check if we're trying to create a wallet with a duplicate name.
-    if (!CWallet::Verify(chain, location, false, error, warnings)) {
+    if (!CWallet::Verify(chain, location, error, warnings)) {
         error = Untranslated("Wallet file verification failed.") + Untranslated(" ") + error;
         return WalletCreationStatus::CREATION_FAILED;
     }
@@ -3654,7 +3654,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> CWallet::GetDestValues(const std::string& prefix) const
     return values;
 }
 
-bool CWallet::Verify(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, bool salvage_wallet, bilingual_str& error_string, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings)
+bool CWallet::Verify(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, bilingual_str& error_string, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings)
 {
     // Do some checking on wallet path. It should be either a:
     //
@@ -3694,15 +3694,6 @@ bool CWallet::Verify(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, b
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (salvage_wallet) {
-        // Recover readable keypairs:
-        CWallet dummyWallet(&chain, WalletLocation(), WalletDatabase::CreateDummy());
-        std::string backup_filename;
-        if (!WalletBatch::Recover(wallet_path, (void *)&dummyWallet, WalletBatch::RecoverKeysOnlyFilter, backup_filename)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
     return WalletBatch::VerifyDatabaseFile(wallet_path, warnings, error_string);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index a29fa22207..fc4cc9495c 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ public:
     bool MarkReplaced(const uint256& originalHash, const uint256& newHash);
 
     //! Verify wallet naming and perform salvage on the wallet if required
-    static bool Verify(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, bool salvage_wallet, bilingual_str& error_string, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings);
+    static bool Verify(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, bilingual_str& error_string, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings);
 
     /* Initializes the wallet, returns a new CWallet instance or a null pointer in case of an error */
     static std::shared_ptr<CWallet> CreateWalletFromFile(interfaces::Chain& chain, const WalletLocation& location, bilingual_str& error, std::vector<bilingual_str>& warnings, uint64_t wallet_creation_flags = 0);
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_basic.py b/test/functional/wallet_basic.py
index 9e295af330..797c903dd3 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_basic.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_basic.py
@@ -404,8 +404,6 @@ class WalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
             '-reindex',
             '-zapwallettxes=1',
             '-zapwallettxes=2',
-            # disabled until issue is fixed: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7463
-            # '-salvagewallet',
         ]
         chainlimit = 6
         for m in maintenance:
diff --git a/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py b/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
index 580a61f9f3..ff9ff34185 100755
--- a/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
+++ b/test/functional/wallet_multiwallet.py
@@ -122,10 +122,6 @@ class MultiWalletTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-zapwallettxes=1', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -zapwallettxes is only allowed with a single wallet file")
         self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-zapwallettxes=2', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -zapwallettxes is only allowed with a single wallet file")
 
-        self.log.info("Do not allow -salvagewallet with multiwallet")
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-salvagewallet', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -salvagewallet is only allowed with a single wallet file")
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(['-salvagewallet=1', '-wallet=w1', '-wallet=w2'], "Error: -salvagewallet is only allowed with a single wallet file")
-
         # if wallets/ doesn't exist, datadir should be the default wallet dir
         wallet_dir2 = data_dir('walletdir')
         os.rename(wallet_dir(), wallet_dir2)