From 253cd7ec4fc9324d2c2c3bc6f32794ded2455eb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Morcos <morcos@chaincode.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 12:53:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Only reserve key for scriptChange once in CreateTransaction

This does not affect behavior but allows us to have access to an output to
scriptChange even if we currently do not have change in the transaction.
---
 src/wallet/wallet.cpp | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index a1b4eb106e..53f39cf8e3 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -2569,6 +2569,38 @@ bool CWallet::CreateTransaction(const std::vector<CRecipient>& vecSend, CWalletT
             std::vector<COutput> vAvailableCoins;
             AvailableCoins(vAvailableCoins, true, coinControl);
 
+            // Create change script that will be used if we need change
+            // TODO: pass in scriptChange instead of reservekey so
+            // change transaction isn't always pay-to-bitcoin-address
+            CScript scriptChange;
+
+            // coin control: send change to custom address
+            if (coinControl && !boost::get<CNoDestination>(&coinControl->destChange))
+                scriptChange = GetScriptForDestination(coinControl->destChange);
+
+            // no coin control: send change to newly generated address
+            else
+            {
+                // Note: We use a new key here to keep it from being obvious which side is the change.
+                //  The drawback is that by not reusing a previous key, the change may be lost if a
+                //  backup is restored, if the backup doesn't have the new private key for the change.
+                //  If we reused the old key, it would be possible to add code to look for and
+                //  rediscover unknown transactions that were written with keys of ours to recover
+                //  post-backup change.
+
+                // Reserve a new key pair from key pool
+                CPubKey vchPubKey;
+                bool ret;
+                ret = reservekey.GetReservedKey(vchPubKey, true);
+                if (!ret)
+                {
+                    strFailReason = _("Keypool ran out, please call keypoolrefill first");
+                    return false;
+                }
+
+                scriptChange = GetScriptForDestination(vchPubKey.GetID());
+            }
+
             nFeeRet = 0;
             // Start with no fee and loop until there is enough fee
             while (true)
@@ -2627,37 +2659,6 @@ bool CWallet::CreateTransaction(const std::vector<CRecipient>& vecSend, CWalletT
                 if (nChange > 0)
                 {
                     // Fill a vout to ourself
-                    // TODO: pass in scriptChange instead of reservekey so
-                    // change transaction isn't always pay-to-bitcoin-address
-                    CScript scriptChange;
-
-                    // coin control: send change to custom address
-                    if (coinControl && !boost::get<CNoDestination>(&coinControl->destChange))
-                        scriptChange = GetScriptForDestination(coinControl->destChange);
-
-                    // no coin control: send change to newly generated address
-                    else
-                    {
-                        // Note: We use a new key here to keep it from being obvious which side is the change.
-                        //  The drawback is that by not reusing a previous key, the change may be lost if a
-                        //  backup is restored, if the backup doesn't have the new private key for the change.
-                        //  If we reused the old key, it would be possible to add code to look for and
-                        //  rediscover unknown transactions that were written with keys of ours to recover
-                        //  post-backup change.
-
-                        // Reserve a new key pair from key pool
-                        CPubKey vchPubKey;
-                        bool ret;
-                        ret = reservekey.GetReservedKey(vchPubKey, true);
-                        if (!ret)
-                        {
-                            strFailReason = _("Keypool ran out, please call keypoolrefill first");
-                            return false;
-                        }
-
-                        scriptChange = GetScriptForDestination(vchPubKey.GetID());
-                    }
-
                     CTxOut newTxOut(nChange, scriptChange);
 
                     // Never create dust outputs; if we would, just
@@ -2666,7 +2667,6 @@ bool CWallet::CreateTransaction(const std::vector<CRecipient>& vecSend, CWalletT
                     {
                         nChangePosInOut = -1;
                         nFeeRet += nChange;
-                        reservekey.ReturnKey();
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -2685,7 +2685,6 @@ bool CWallet::CreateTransaction(const std::vector<CRecipient>& vecSend, CWalletT
                         txNew.vout.insert(position, newTxOut);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    reservekey.ReturnKey();
                     nChangePosInOut = -1;
                 }
 
@@ -2777,6 +2776,8 @@ bool CWallet::CreateTransaction(const std::vector<CRecipient>& vecSend, CWalletT
             }
         }
 
+        if (nChangePosInOut == -1) reservekey.ReturnKey(); // Return any reserved key if we don't have change
+
         if (sign)
         {
             CTransaction txNewConst(txNew);