Make longpoll aware of when new block detection has detected a new block first and avoid flushing the work queue twice.

main.c

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ int hw_errors;
 static int total_queued;
 static unsigned int getwork_requested = 0;
 static char current_block[37];
+static char longpoll_block[37];
 static char blank[37];
 
 static void applog_and_exit(const char *fmt, ...)
@@ -774,7 +775,8 @@ static void *stage_thread(void *userdata)
 				 * threads */
 				work_restart[stage_thr_id].restart = 1;
 			}
-		}
+		} else
+			memcpy(longpoll_block, hexstr, 36);
 		memcpy(current_block, hexstr, 36);
 		free(hexstr);
 
@@ -1448,6 +1450,7 @@ static void *longpoll_thread(void *userdata)
 	char *copy_start, *hdr_path, *lp_url = NULL;
 	bool need_slash = false;
 	int failures = 0;
+	unsigned int i;
 
 	hdr_path = tq_pop(mythr->q, NULL);
 	if (!hdr_path)
@@ -1480,6 +1483,9 @@ static void *longpoll_thread(void *userdata)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	for (i = 0; i < 36; i++)
+		strcat(longpoll_block, "0");
+
 	while (1) {
 		json_t *val;
 
@@ -1489,8 +1495,14 @@ static void *longpoll_thread(void *userdata)
 			failures = 0;
 			json_decref(val);
 
-			applog(LOG_WARNING, "LONGPOLL detected new block                                               ");
+			/* Keep track of who ordered a restart_threads to make
+			 * sure it's only done once per new block */
+			if (likely(!strncmp(longpoll_block, blank, 36) ||
+				!strncmp(longpoll_block, current_block, 36))) {
+					applog(LOG_WARNING, "LONGPOLL detected new block, flushing work queue                 ");
 					restart_threads(true);
+			} else
+				applog(LOG_WARNING, "LONGPOLL received - new block detected and work flushed already      ");
 		} else {
 			if (failures++ < 10) {
 				sleep(30);
@@ -1502,6 +1514,7 @@ static void *longpoll_thread(void *userdata)
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}
+		memcpy(longpoll_block, current_block, 36);
 	}
 
 out:

util.c

@@ -276,7 +276,6 @@ json_t *json_rpc_call(CURL *curl, const char *url,
 	/* If X-Long-Polling was found, activate long polling */
 	if (hi.lp_path) {
 		have_longpoll = true;
-		opt_scantime = 60;
 		tq_push(thr_info[longpoll_thr_id].q, hi.lp_path);
 	} else
 		free(hi.lp_path);