Attempt to catch up from unknown block

block_pool.go

@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ func (self *BlockPool) SetBlock(b *ethchain.Block, peer *Peer) {
 	if self.pool[hash] == nil && !self.eth.BlockChain().HasBlock(b.Hash()) {
 		self.hashPool = append(self.hashPool, b.Hash())
 		self.pool[hash] = &block{peer, peer, b, time.Now(), 0}
+
+		if !self.eth.BlockChain().HasBlock(b.PrevHash) && self.pool[string(b.PrevHash)] == nil {
+			peer.QueueMessage(ethwire.NewMessage(ethwire.MsgGetBlockHashesTy, []interface{}{b.PrevHash, uint32(256)}))
+		}
 	} else if self.pool[hash] != nil {
 		self.pool[hash].block = b
 	}
@@ -218,6 +222,7 @@ out:
 		case <-procTimer.C:
 			// XXX We can optimize this lifting this on to a new goroutine.
 			// We'd need to make sure that the pools are properly protected by a mutex
+			// XXX This should moved in The Great Refactor(TM)
 			amount := self.ProcessCanonical(func(block *ethchain.Block) {
 				err := self.eth.StateManager().Process(block, false)
 				if err != nil {

ethpipe/js_types.go

@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ type JSBlock struct {
 	Name         string        `json:"name"`
 	GasLimit     string        `json:"gasLimit"`
 	GasUsed      string        `json:"gasUsed"`
+	PrevHash     string        `json:"prevHash"`
 }
 
 // Creates a new QML Block from a chain block
 func NewJSBlock(block *ethchain.Block) *JSBlock {
 	if block == nil {
-		return nil
+		return &JSBlock{}
 	}
 
 	var ptxs []JSTransaction
@@ -38,7 +39,14 @@ func NewJSBlock(block *ethchain.Block) *JSBlock {
 
 	list := ethutil.NewList(ptxs)
 
-	return &JSBlock{ref: block, Size: block.Size().String(), Number: int(block.Number.Uint64()), GasUsed: block.GasUsed.String(), GasLimit: block.GasLimit.String(), Hash: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(block.Hash()), Transactions: list, Time: block.Time, Coinbase: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(block.Coinbase)}
+	return &JSBlock{
+		ref: block, Size: block.Size().String(),
+		Number: int(block.Number.Uint64()), GasUsed: block.GasUsed.String(),
+		GasLimit: block.GasLimit.String(), Hash: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(block.Hash()),
+		Transactions: list, Time: block.Time,
+		Coinbase: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(block.Coinbase),
+		PrevHash: ethutil.Bytes2Hex(block.PrevHash),
+	}
 }
 
 func (self *JSBlock) ToString() string {

peer.go

@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ func (self *Peer) Connect(addr string) (conn net.Conn, err error) {
 	for attempts := 0; attempts < maxTries; attempts++ {
 		conn, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr, 10*time.Second)
 		if err != nil {
-			//peerlogger.Debugf("Peer connection failed. Retrying (%d/%d) (%s)\n", attempts+1, maxTries, addr)
 			time.Sleep(time.Duration(attempts*20) * time.Second)
 			continue
 		}