Allow compactblock reconstruction when block is in flight

src/net_processing.cpp

@@ -1782,6 +1782,11 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
             }
         }
 
+        // Keep a CBlock for "optimistic" compactblock reconstructions (see
+        // below)
+        std::shared_ptr<CBlock> pblock = std::make_shared<CBlock>();
+        bool fBlockReconstructed = false;
+
         LOCK(cs_main);
         // If AcceptBlockHeader returned true, it set pindex
         assert(pindex);
@@ -1870,6 +1875,23 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
                     req.blockhash = pindex->GetBlockHash();
                     connman.PushMessage(pfrom, msgMaker.Make(NetMsgType::GETBLOCKTXN, req));
                 }
+            } else {
+                // This block is either already in flight from a different
+                // peer, or this peer has too many blocks outstanding to
+                // download from.
+                // Optimistically try to reconstruct anyway since we might be
+                // able to without any round trips.
+                PartiallyDownloadedBlock tempBlock(&mempool);
+                ReadStatus status = tempBlock.InitData(cmpctblock);
+                if (status != READ_STATUS_OK) {
+                    // TODO: don't ignore failures
+                    return true;
+                }
+                std::vector<CTransactionRef> dummy;
+                status = tempBlock.FillBlock(*pblock, dummy);
+                if (status == READ_STATUS_OK) {
+                    fBlockReconstructed = true;
+                }
             }
         } else {
             if (fAlreadyInFlight) {
@@ -1889,6 +1911,29 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
                 return ProcessMessage(pfrom, NetMsgType::HEADERS, vHeadersMsg, nTimeReceived, chainparams, connman);
             }
         }
+
+        if (fBlockReconstructed) {
+            // If we got here, we were able to optimistically reconstruct a
+            // block that is in flight from some other peer.
+            {
+                LOCK(cs_main);
+                mapBlockSource.emplace(pblock->GetHash(), std::make_pair(pfrom->GetId(), false));
+            }
+            bool fNewBlock = false;
+            ProcessNewBlock(chainparams, pblock, true, &fNewBlock);
+            if (fNewBlock)
+                pfrom->nLastBlockTime = GetTime();
+
+            LOCK(cs_main); // hold cs_main for CBlockIndex::IsValid()
+            if (pindex->IsValid(BLOCK_VALID_TRANSACTIONS)) {
+                // Clear download state for this block, which is in
+                // process from some other peer.  We do this after calling
+                // ProcessNewBlock so that a malleated cmpctblock announcement
+                // can't be used to interfere with block relay.
+                MarkBlockAsReceived(pblock->GetHash());
+            }
+        }
+
     }
 
     else if (strCommand == NetMsgType::BLOCKTXN && !fImporting && !fReindex) // Ignore blocks received while importing