Avoid duplicate getheaders requests MyHush#113, port from KomodoPlatf…

…orm#322

src/main.cpp

@@ -7976,6 +7976,31 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
             return true;
         }
 
+        bool hasNewHeaders = true;
+
+        // only KMD have checkpoints in sources, so, using IsInitialBlockDownload() here is
+        // not applicable for assetchains (!)
+        if (GetBoolArg("-fixibd", false) && strncmp(ASSETCHAINS_SYMBOL, "HUSH3",5) == 0 && IsInitialBlockDownload()) {
+
+            /**
+             * This is experimental feature avaliable only for KMD during initial block download running with
+             * -fixibd arg. Fix was offered by domob1812 here:
+             * https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8054/files#diff-7ec3c68a81efff79b6ca22ac1f1eabbaR5099
+             * but later it was reverted bcz of synchronization stuck issues.
+             * Explanation:
+             * https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/8306#issuecomment-231584578
+             * Limiting this fix only to IBD and with special command line arg makes it safe, bcz
+             * default behaviour is to request new headers anyway.
+            */
+
+            // If we already know the last header in the message, then it contains
+            // no new information for us.  In this case, we do not request
+            // more headers later.  This prevents multiple chains of redundant
+            // getheader requests from running in parallel if triggered by incoming
+            // blocks while the node is still in initial headers sync.
+            hasNewHeaders = (mapBlockIndex.count(headers.back().GetHash()) == 0);
+        }
+
         CBlockIndex *pindexLast = NULL;
         BOOST_FOREACH(const CBlockHeader& header, headers) {
             //printf("size.%i, solution size.%i\n", (int)sizeof(header), (int)header.nSolution.size());
@@ -8001,7 +8026,17 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
         if (pindexLast)
             UpdateBlockAvailability(pfrom->GetId(), pindexLast->GetBlockHash());
 
-        if (nCount == MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS && pindexLast) {
+       // if (nCount == MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS && pindexLast) {
+
+              /* debug log */
+        // if (!hasNewHeaders && nCount == MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS && pindexLast) {
+        //         static int64_t bytes_saved;
+        //         bytes_saved += MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS * (CBlockHeader::HEADER_SIZE + 1348);
+        //         LogPrintf("[%d] don't request getheaders (%d) from peer=%d, bcz it's IBD and (%s) is already known!\n",
+        //             bytes_saved, pindexLast->GetHeight(), pfrom->id, headers.back().GetHash().ToString());
+        // }
+
+        if (nCount == MAX_HEADERS_RESULTS && pindexLast && hasNewHeaders) {
             // Headers message had its maximum size; the peer may have more headers.
             // TODO: optimize: if pindexLast is an ancestor of chainActive.Tip or pindexBestHeader, continue
             // from there instead.