Merge #10231: [Qt] Reduce a significant cs_main lock freeze

4082fb0 Add missing <atomic> header in clientmodel.h (Jonas Schnelli)
928d4a9 Set both time/height header caches at the same time (Jonas Schnelli)
610a917 Declare headers height/time cache mutable, re-set the methods const (Jonas Schnelli)
cf92bce Update the remaining blocks left in modaloverlay at init. (Jonas Schnelli)
7148f5e Reduce cs_main locks during modal overlay by adding an atomic cache (Jonas Schnelli)

Tree-SHA512: a92ca22f90b8b2a5e8eb94fdce531ef44542e21a8dbbb0693f7723d7018592cb68de687a2a0aac91d31cbf019793f8e922550656d2b130ed3d854d60630341db

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp b/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
index bb10e49422..20d4687971 100644
--- a/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/clientmodel.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ ClientModel::ClientModel(OptionsModel *_optionsModel, QObject *parent) :
     banTableModel(0),
     pollTimer(0)
 {
+    cachedBestHeaderHeight = -1;
+    cachedBestHeaderTime = -1;
     peerTableModel = new PeerTableModel(this);
     banTableModel = new BanTableModel(this);
     pollTimer = new QTimer(this);
@@ -74,18 +76,28 @@ int ClientModel::getNumBlocks() const
 
 int ClientModel::getHeaderTipHeight() const
 {
-    LOCK(cs_main);
-    if (!pindexBestHeader)
-        return 0;
-    return pindexBestHeader->nHeight;
+    if (cachedBestHeaderHeight == -1) {
+        // make sure we initially populate the cache via a cs_main lock
+        // otherwise we need to wait for a tip update
+        LOCK(cs_main);
+        if (pindexBestHeader) {
+            cachedBestHeaderHeight = pindexBestHeader->nHeight;
+            cachedBestHeaderTime = pindexBestHeader->GetBlockTime();
+        }
+    }
+    return cachedBestHeaderHeight;
 }
 
 int64_t ClientModel::getHeaderTipTime() const
 {
-    LOCK(cs_main);
-    if (!pindexBestHeader)
-        return 0;
-    return pindexBestHeader->GetBlockTime();
+    if (cachedBestHeaderTime == -1) {
+        LOCK(cs_main);
+        if (pindexBestHeader) {
+            cachedBestHeaderHeight = pindexBestHeader->nHeight;
+            cachedBestHeaderTime = pindexBestHeader->GetBlockTime();
+        }
+    }
+    return cachedBestHeaderTime;
 }
 
 quint64 ClientModel::getTotalBytesRecv() const
@@ -283,6 +295,11 @@ static void BlockTipChanged(ClientModel *clientmodel, bool initialSync, const CB
 
     int64_t& nLastUpdateNotification = fHeader ? nLastHeaderTipUpdateNotification : nLastBlockTipUpdateNotification;
 
+    if (fHeader) {
+        // cache best headers time and height to reduce future cs_main locks
+        clientmodel->cachedBestHeaderHeight = pIndex->nHeight;
+        clientmodel->cachedBestHeaderTime = pIndex->GetBlockTime();
+    }
     // if we are in-sync, update the UI regardless of last update time
     if (!initialSync || now - nLastUpdateNotification > MODEL_UPDATE_DELAY) {
         //pass a async signal to the UI thread