From 40b77d450dff6879c50a33d4e7f795c385fb0002 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" <laanwj@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:27:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Always allow getheaders from whitelisted peers

Process `getheaders` messages from whitelisted peers even if we are in
initial block download. Whitelisted peers can always use a node as a
block source.

Also log a debug message when the request is ignored, for
troubleshooting.

Fixes #6971.
---
 src/main.cpp | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 9016fe42a0..c5c5e40ee8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -4303,10 +4303,10 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
         vRecv >> locator >> hashStop;
 
         LOCK(cs_main);
-
-        if (IsInitialBlockDownload())
+        if (IsInitialBlockDownload() && !pfrom->fWhitelisted) {
+            LogPrint("net", "Ignoring getheaders from peer=%d because node is in initial block download\n", pfrom->id);
             return true;
-
+        }
         CBlockIndex* pindex = NULL;
         if (locator.IsNull())
         {