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Add interfaces::ExternalSigner class to let signer objects be passed between processes and let signer code run in the original process where the object was created.

This PR is part of the process separation project.

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Concept ACK

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External signers can in principle be used without wallet support, though currently only the enumeratesigners RPC call works (not very useful). See rpc_signer.py. This is consistent with RPC calls like signrawtransactionwithkey which also don't need a wallet. This is why I initially picked the Node interface. Not sure how much this matters, or even if anyone cares about using external signers without a (watch-only) wallet.

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multiprocess: add interfaces::ExternalSigner class
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Add interfaces::ExternalSigner to let signer objects be passed between
processes and signer code to run in the original process, without
multiple processes linking and running signer code.
@ryanofsky ryanofsky changed the title multiprocess: Run external signer in wallet not node process multiprocess: add interfaces::ExternalSigner class Oct 6, 2021
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External signers can in principle be used without wallet support, though currently only the enumeratesigners RPC call works (not very useful). See rpc_signer.py. This is consistent with RPC calls like signrawtransactionwithkey which also don't need a wallet. This is why I initially picked the Node interface. Not sure how much this matters, or even if anyone cares about using external signers without a (watch-only) wallet.

Fair enough. I moved the signers list method back to the Node interface instead of adding it to the WalletClient interface so the signer code will keep running in the node process instead of the wallet process and there's no behavior change. This makes the PR smaller, and if there is ever any reason to switch which process signing code runs in, it can be moved later.

Now this PR only adds the interfaces::ExternalSigner class, which is needed so there is some way of passing signers between processes.

Rebased c74e570 -> e3afe66 (pr/ipc-signer.1 -> pr/ipc-signer.2, compare) due to conflict with #22951, and also moved list signers method back to the Node interface as sjors suggested

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utACK e3afe66

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hebasto commented Oct 23, 2021

Concept ACK.

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ACK e3afe66, I have reviewed the code and it looks OK. Also compiled with both configure options: --enable-external-signer and --disable-external-signer.

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Thanks for review!

Updated e3afe66 -> a032fa3 (pr/ipc-signer.2 -> pr/ipc-signer.3, compare) with suggestion

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re-ACK a032fa3

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laanwj commented Nov 15, 2021

Concept and code review ACK a032fa3

@laanwj laanwj merged commit 1ba7412 into bitcoin:master Nov 15, 2021
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