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Call ActivateBestChain without cs_main/with most_recent_block
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There is still a call to ActivateBestChain with cs_main if a peer
requests the block prior to it being validated, but this one is
more specifically-gated, so should be less of an issue.
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TheBlueMatt committed Jan 12, 2017
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18 changes: 14 additions & 4 deletions src/net_processing.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -964,8 +964,13 @@ void static ProcessGetData(CNode* pfrom, const Consensus::Params& consensusParam
// before ActivateBestChain but after AcceptBlock).
// In this case, we need to run ActivateBestChain prior to checking the relay
// conditions below.
std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> a_recent_block;
{
LOCK(cs_most_recent_block);
a_recent_block = most_recent_block;
}
CValidationState dummy;
ActivateBestChain(dummy, Params());
ActivateBestChain(dummy, Params(), a_recent_block);
}
if (chainActive.Contains(mi->second)) {
send = true;
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uint256 hashStop;
vRecv >> locator >> hashStop;

LOCK(cs_main);

// We might have announced the currently-being-connected tip using a
// compact block, which resulted in the peer sending a getblocks
// request, which we would otherwise respond to without the new block.
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// for getheaders requests, and there are no known nodes which support
// compact blocks but still use getblocks to request blocks.
{
std::shared_ptr<const CBlock> a_recent_block;
{
LOCK(cs_most_recent_block);
a_recent_block = most_recent_block;
}
CValidationState dummy;
ActivateBestChain(dummy, Params());
ActivateBestChain(dummy, Params(), a_recent_block);
}

LOCK(cs_main);

// Find the last block the caller has in the main chain
const CBlockIndex* pindex = FindForkInGlobalIndex(chainActive, locator);

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