Fix bug that prevented new blocks to update tip during mixing

src/activemasternode.cpp

@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ void CActiveMasternode::ManageStatus()
             service = CService(strMasterNodeAddr);
         }
 
-        LogPrintf("CActiveMasternode::ManageStatus() - Checking inbound connection to '%s'\n", service.ToString());
-
         int mainnetDefaultPort = Params(CBaseChainParams::MAIN).GetDefaultPort();
         if(Params().NetworkIDString() == CBaseChainParams::MAIN) {
             if(service.GetPort() != mainnetDefaultPort) {
@@ -84,11 +82,15 @@ void CActiveMasternode::ManageStatus()
             return;
         }
 
-        if(!ConnectNode((CAddress)service, NULL, true)){
+        LogPrintf("CActiveMasternode::ManageStatus() - Checking inbound connection to '%s'\n", service.ToString());
+
+        CNode *pnode = ConnectNode((CAddress)service, NULL, false);
+        if(!pnode){
             notCapableReason = "Could not connect to " + service.ToString();
             LogPrintf("CActiveMasternode::ManageStatus() - not capable: %s\n", notCapableReason);
             return;
         }
+        pnode->Release();
 
         // Choose coins to use
         CPubKey pubKeyCollateralAddress;

src/darksend-relay.cpp

@@ -105,10 +105,11 @@ void CDarkSendRelay::RelayThroughNode(int nRank)
 
     if(pmn != NULL){
         //printf("RelayThroughNode %s\n", pmn->addr.ToString().c_str());
-        CNode* pnode = ConnectNode((CAddress)pmn->addr, NULL, true);
+        CNode* pnode = ConnectNode((CAddress)pmn->addr, NULL, false);
         if(pnode){
             //printf("Connected\n");
             pnode->PushMessage("dsr", (*this));
+            pnode->Release();
             return;
         }
     } else {

src/darksend.cpp

@@ -1544,20 +1544,23 @@ bool CDarksendPool::DoAutomaticDenominating(bool fDryRun)
                 std::vector<COutput> vTempCoins2;
                 // Try to match their denominations if possible
                 if (!pwalletMain->SelectCoinsByDenominations(dsq.nDenom, nValueMin, nBalanceNeedsAnonymized, vTempCoins, vTempCoins2, nValueIn, 0, nDarksendRounds)){
-                    LogPrintf("DoAutomaticDenominating - Couldn't match denominations %d\n", dsq.nDenom);
+                    LogPrintf("DoAutomaticDenominating --- Couldn't match denominations %d\n", dsq.nDenom);
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                CMasternode* pmn = mnodeman.Find(dsq.vin);
+                if(pmn == NULL)
+                {
+                    LogPrintf("DoAutomaticDenominating --- dsq vin %s is not in masternode list!", dsq.vin.ToString());
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                LogPrintf("DoAutomaticDenominating --- attempt to connect to masternode from queue %s\n", pmn->addr.ToString());
+                lastTimeChanged = GetTimeMillis();
                 // connect to Masternode and submit the queue request
                 CNode* pnode = ConnectNode((CAddress)addr, NULL, true);
                 if(pnode != NULL)
                 {
-                    CMasternode* pmn = mnodeman.Find(dsq.vin);
-                    if(pmn == NULL)
-                    {
-                        LogPrintf("DoAutomaticDenominating --- dsq vin %s is not in masternode list!", dsq.vin.ToString());
-                        continue;
-                    }
                     pSubmittedToMasternode = pmn;
                     vecMasternodesUsed.push_back(dsq.vin);
                     sessionDenom = dsq.nDenom;
@@ -1599,7 +1602,7 @@ bool CDarksendPool::DoAutomaticDenominating(bool fDryRun)
             }
 
             lastTimeChanged = GetTimeMillis();
-            LogPrintf("DoAutomaticDenominating -- attempt %d connection to Masternode %s\n", i, pmn->addr.ToString());
+            LogPrintf("DoAutomaticDenominating --- attempt %d connection to Masternode %s\n", i, pmn->addr.ToString());
             CNode* pnode = ConnectNode((CAddress)pmn->addr, NULL, true);
             if(pnode != NULL){
                 pSubmittedToMasternode = pmn;

src/masternodeman.cpp

@@ -669,7 +669,8 @@ void CMasternodeMan::ProcessMasternodeConnections()
         if(pnode->fDarkSendMaster){
             if(darkSendPool.pSubmittedToMasternode != NULL && pnode->addr == darkSendPool.pSubmittedToMasternode->addr) continue;
             LogPrintf("Closing Masternode connection %s \n", pnode->addr.ToString());
-            pnode->fDisconnect = true;
+            pnode->fDarkSendMaster = false;
+            pnode->Release();
         }
     }
 }

src/net.h

@@ -355,6 +355,11 @@ class CNode
     // b) the peer may tell us in its version message that we should not relay tx invs
     //    unless it loads a bloom filter.
     bool fRelayTxes;
+    // Should be 'true' only if we connected to this node to actually mix funds.
+    // In this case node will be released automatically via CMasternodeMan::ProcessMasternodeConnections().
+    // Connecting to verify connectability/status or connecting for sending/relaying single message
+    // (even if it's relative to mixing e.g. for blinding) should NOT set this to 'true'.
+    // For such cases node should be released manually (preferably right after corresponding code).
     bool fDarkSendMaster;
     CSemaphoreGrant grantOutbound;
     CCriticalSection cs_filter;

src/rpcmasternode.cpp

@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ UniValue masternode(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
 
         CService addr = CService(strAddress);
 
-        if(ConnectNode((CAddress)addr, NULL, true)){
+        CNode *pnode = ConnectNode((CAddress)addr, NULL, false);
+        if(pnode){
+            pnode->Release();
             return "successfully connected";
         } else {
             throw runtime_error("error connecting\n");