Merge #8063: Acquire lock to check for genesis block.

46b0c3b Acquire lock to check for genesis block. (Patrick Strateman)

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 8688381ecf..f95027410d 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -1373,10 +1373,18 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
             vImportFiles.push_back(strFile);
     }
     threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&ThreadImport, vImportFiles));
-    if (chainActive.Tip() == NULL) {
-        LogPrintf("Waiting for genesis block to be imported...\n");
-        while (!fRequestShutdown && chainActive.Tip() == NULL)
+
+    // Wait for genesis block to be processed
+    bool fHaveGenesis = false;
+    while (!fHaveGenesis && !fRequestShutdown) {
+        {
+            LOCK(cs_main);
+            fHaveGenesis = (chainActive.Tip() != NULL);
+        }
+
+        if (!fHaveGenesis) {
             MilliSleep(10);
+        }
     }
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 11: start node