From a55615e5fd72466b7d88557068923b999248a79b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zsolt Felfoldi <zsfelfoldi@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 16:46:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] les: fix fetcher syncing logic

---
 les/fetcher.go | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/les/fetcher.go b/les/fetcher.go
index f0d3b188dbbd..2615f69df946 100644
--- a/les/fetcher.go
+++ b/les/fetcher.go
@@ -141,36 +141,39 @@ func (f *lightFetcher) syncLoop() {
 			s := requesting
 			requesting = false
 			var (
-				rq    *distReq
-				reqID uint64
+				rq      *distReq
+				reqID   uint64
+				syncing bool
 			)
 			if !f.syncing && !(newAnnounce && s) {
-				rq, reqID = f.nextRequest()
+				rq, reqID, syncing = f.nextRequest()
 			}
-			syncing := f.syncing
 			f.lock.Unlock()
 
 			if rq != nil {
 				requesting = true
-				_, ok := <-f.pm.reqDist.queue(rq)
-				if !ok {
+				if _, ok := <-f.pm.reqDist.queue(rq); ok {
+					if syncing {
+						f.lock.Lock()
+						f.syncing = true
+						f.lock.Unlock()
+					} else {
+						go func() {
+							time.Sleep(softRequestTimeout)
+							f.reqMu.Lock()
+							req, ok := f.requested[reqID]
+							if ok {
+								req.timeout = true
+								f.requested[reqID] = req
+							}
+							f.reqMu.Unlock()
+							// keep starting new requests while possible
+							f.requestChn <- false
+						}()
+					}
+				} else {
 					f.requestChn <- false
 				}
-
-				if !syncing {
-					go func() {
-						time.Sleep(softRequestTimeout)
-						f.reqMu.Lock()
-						req, ok := f.requested[reqID]
-						if ok {
-							req.timeout = true
-							f.requested[reqID] = req
-						}
-						f.reqMu.Unlock()
-						// keep starting new requests while possible
-						f.requestChn <- false
-					}()
-				}
 			}
 		case reqID := <-f.timeoutChn:
 			f.reqMu.Lock()
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@ func (f *lightFetcher) syncLoop() {
 			f.checkSyncedHeaders(p)
 			f.syncing = false
 			f.lock.Unlock()
+			f.requestChn <- false
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -405,7 +409,7 @@ func (f *lightFetcher) requestedID(reqID uint64) bool {
 
 // nextRequest selects the peer and announced head to be requested next, amount
 // to be downloaded starting from the head backwards is also returned
-func (f *lightFetcher) nextRequest() (*distReq, uint64) {
+func (f *lightFetcher) nextRequest() (*distReq, uint64, bool) {
 	var (
 		bestHash   common.Hash
 		bestAmount uint64
@@ -427,14 +431,12 @@ func (f *lightFetcher) nextRequest() (*distReq, uint64) {
 		}
 	}
 	if bestTd == f.maxConfirmedTd {
-		return nil, 0
+		return nil, 0, false
 	}
 
-	f.syncing = bestSyncing
-
 	var rq *distReq
 	reqID := genReqID()
-	if f.syncing {
+	if bestSyncing {
 		rq = &distReq{
 			getCost: func(dp distPeer) uint64 {
 				return 0
@@ -500,7 +502,7 @@ func (f *lightFetcher) nextRequest() (*distReq, uint64) {
 			},
 		}
 	}
-	return rq, reqID
+	return rq, reqID, bestSyncing
 }
 
 // deliverHeaders delivers header download request responses for processing