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Diffstat (limited to 'src/main.cpp')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/main.cpp | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp index 31b3c21143..d870280e99 100644 --- a/src/main.cpp +++ b/src/main.cpp @@ -4973,7 +4973,16 @@ bool SendMessages(CNode* pto, bool fSendTrickle) if ((nSyncStarted == 0 && fFetch) || pindexBestHeader->GetBlockTime() > GetAdjustedTime() - 24 * 60 * 60) { state.fSyncStarted = true; nSyncStarted++; - CBlockIndex *pindexStart = pindexBestHeader->pprev ? pindexBestHeader->pprev : pindexBestHeader; + const CBlockIndex *pindexStart = pindexBestHeader; + /* If possible, start at the block preceding the currently + best known header. This ensures that we always get a + non-empty list of headers back as long as the peer + is up-to-date. With a non-empty response, we can initialise + the peer's known best block. This wouldn't be possible + if we requested starting at pindexBestHeader and + got back an empty response. */ + if (pindexStart->pprev) + pindexStart = pindexStart->pprev; LogPrint("net", "initial getheaders (%d) to peer=%d (startheight:%d)\n", pindexStart->nHeight, pto->id, pto->nStartingHeight); pto->PushMessage("getheaders", chainActive.GetLocator(pindexStart), uint256()); } |