Clean up shutdown process

src/bitcoinrpc.cpp

@@ -1221,13 +1221,14 @@ int CommandLineRPC(int argc, char *argv[])
                 strPrint = write_string(result, true);
         }
     }
-    catch (std::exception& e)
+    catch (boost::thread_interrupted) {
-    {
+        throw;
+    }
+    catch (std::exception& e) {
         strPrint = string("error: ") + e.what();
         nRet = 87;
     }
-    catch (...)
+    catch (...) {
-    {
         PrintException(NULL, "CommandLineRPC()");
     }
 
@@ -1265,6 +1266,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             return CommandLineRPC(argc, argv);
         }
     }
+    catch (boost::thread_interrupted) {
+        throw;
+    }
     catch (std::exception& e) {
         PrintException(&e, "main()");
     } catch (...) {

src/db.cpp

@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ bool CDBEnv::Open(const boost::filesystem::path& path)
     if (fDbEnvInit)
         return true;
 
-    if (fShutdown)
+    boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-        return false;
 
     strPath = path.string();
     filesystem::path pathLogDir = path / "database";
@@ -108,8 +107,7 @@ void CDBEnv::MakeMock()
     if (fDbEnvInit)
         throw runtime_error("CDBEnv::MakeMock(): already initialized");
 
-    if (fShutdown)
+    boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-        throw runtime_error("CDBEnv::MakeMock(): during shutdown");
 
     printf("CDBEnv::MakeMock()\n");
 
@@ -327,7 +325,7 @@ bool CDBEnv::RemoveDb(const string& strFile)
 
 bool CDB::Rewrite(const string& strFile, const char* pszSkip)
 {
-    while (!fShutdown)
+    while (true)
     {
         {
             LOCK(bitdb.cs_db);

src/db.h

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class CWalletTx;
 
 extern unsigned int nWalletDBUpdated;
 
-void ThreadFlushWalletDB(void* parg);
+void ThreadFlushWalletDB(const std::string& strWalletFile);
 bool BackupWallet(const CWallet& wallet, const std::string& strDest);
 
 

src/init.cpp

@@ -40,75 +40,65 @@ enum BindFlags {
 // Shutdown
 //
 
-void ExitTimeout(void* parg)
+//
-{
+// Thread management and startup/shutdown:
-#ifdef WIN32
+//
-    MilliSleep(5000);
+// The network-processing threads are all part of a thread group
-    ExitProcess(0);
+// created by AppInit() or the Qt main() function.
-#endif
+//
-}
+// A clean exit happens when StartShutdown() or the SIGTERM
+// signal handler sets fRequestShutdown, which triggers
+// the DetectShutdownThread(), which interrupts the main thread group.
+// DetectShutdownThread() then exits, which causes AppInit() to
+// continue (it .joins the shutdown thread).
+// Shutdown() is then
+// called to clean up database connections, and stop other
+// threads that should only be stopped after the main network-processing
+// threads have exited.
+//
+// Note that if running -daemon the parent process returns from AppInit2
+// before adding any threads to the threadGroup, so .join_all() returns
+// immediately and the parent exits from main().
+//
+// Shutdown for Qt is very similar, only it uses a QTimer to detect
+// fRequestShutdown getting set (either by RPC stop or SIGTERM)
+// and then does the normal Qt shutdown thing.
+//
+
+volatile bool fRequestShutdown = false;
 
 void StartShutdown()
 {
-#ifdef QT_GUI
+    fRequestShutdown = true;
-    // ensure we leave the Qt main loop for a clean GUI exit (Shutdown() is called in bitcoin.cpp afterwards)
-    uiInterface.QueueShutdown();
-#else
-    // Without UI, Shutdown() can simply be started in a new thread
-    NewThread(Shutdown, NULL);
-#endif
 }
 
 static CCoinsViewDB *pcoinsdbview;
 
-void Shutdown(void* parg)
+void Shutdown()
 {
     static CCriticalSection cs_Shutdown;
-    static bool fTaken;
+    TRY_LOCK(cs_Shutdown, lockShutdown);
+    if (!lockShutdown) return;
 
-    // Make this thread recognisable as the shutdown thread
     RenameThread("bitcoin-shutoff");
     nTransactionsUpdated++;
     StopRPCThreads();
     bitdb.Flush(false);
     StopNode();
     {
-        fShutdown = true;
+        LOCK(cs_main);
-        fRequestShutdown = true;
+        if (pblocktree)
-        nTransactionsUpdated++;
+            pblocktree->Flush();
-        StopRPCThreads();
+        if (pcoinsTip)
-        bitdb.Flush(false);
+            pcoinsTip->Flush();
-        StopNode();
+        delete pcoinsTip; pcoinsTip = NULL;
-        {
+        delete pcoinsdbview; pcoinsdbview = NULL;
-            LOCK(cs_main);
+        delete pblocktree; pblocktree = NULL;
-            if (pblocktree)
-                pblocktree->Flush();
-            if (pcoinsTip)
-                pcoinsTip->Flush();
-            delete pcoinsTip;
-            delete pcoinsdbview;
-            delete pblocktree;
-        }
-        bitdb.Flush(true);
-        boost::filesystem::remove(GetPidFile());
-        UnregisterWallet(pwalletMain);
-        delete pwalletMain;
-        NewThread(ExitTimeout, NULL);
-        MilliSleep(50);
-        printf("Bitcoin exited\n\n");
-        fExit = true;
-#ifndef QT_GUI
-        // ensure non-UI client gets exited here, but let Bitcoin-Qt reach 'return 0;' in bitcoin.cpp
-        exit(0);
-#endif
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        while (!fExit)
-            MilliSleep(500);
-        MilliSleep(100);
-        ExitThread(0);
     }
+    bitdb.Flush(true);
+    boost::filesystem::remove(GetPidFile());
+    UnregisterWallet(pwalletMain);
+    delete pwalletMain;
 }
 
 //
@@ -116,9 +106,13 @@ void Shutdown(void* parg)
 //
 void DetectShutdownThread(boost::thread_group* threadGroup)
 {
-    while (fRequestShutdown == false)
+    // Tell the main threads to shutdown.
+    while (!fRequestShutdown)
+    {
         MilliSleep(200);
-    threadGroup->interrupt_all();
+        if (fRequestShutdown)
+            threadGroup->interrupt_all();
+    }
 }
 
 void HandleSIGTERM(int)
@@ -143,6 +137,8 @@ void HandleSIGHUP(int)
 bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
     boost::thread_group threadGroup;
+    boost::thread* detectShutdownThread = NULL;
+
     bool fRet = false;
     try
     {
@@ -154,7 +150,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         if (!boost::filesystem::is_directory(GetDataDir(false)))
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: Specified directory does not exist\n");
-            Shutdown(NULL);
+            Shutdown();
         }
         ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
 
@@ -184,7 +180,31 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
             int ret = CommandLineRPC(argc, argv);
             exit(ret);
         }
+#if !defined(WIN32)
+        fDaemon = GetBoolArg("-daemon");
+        if (fDaemon)
+        {
+            // Daemonize
+            pid_t pid = fork();
+            if (pid < 0)
+            {
+                fprintf(stderr, "Error: fork() returned %d errno %d\n", pid, errno);
+                return false;
+            }
+            if (pid > 0) // Parent process, pid is child process id
+            {
+                CreatePidFile(GetPidFile(), pid);
+                return true;
+            }
+            // Child process falls through to rest of initialization
 
+            pid_t sid = setsid();
+            if (sid < 0)
+                fprintf(stderr, "Error: setsid() returned %d errno %d\n", sid, errno);
+        }
+#endif
+
+        detectShutdownThread = new boost::thread(boost::bind(&DetectShutdownThread, &threadGroup));
         fRet = AppInit2(threadGroup);
     }
     catch (std::exception& e) {
@@ -192,12 +212,20 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
     } catch (...) {
         PrintExceptionContinue(NULL, "AppInit()");
     }
-    if (!fRet)
+    if (!fRet) {
-    {
+      if (detectShutdownThread)
-        Shutdown(NULL);
+        detectShutdownThread->interrupt();
-        threadGroup.interrupt_all();
+      threadGroup.interrupt_all();
-        threadGroup.join_all();
     }
+
+    if (detectShutdownThread)
+    {
+        detectShutdownThread->join();
+        delete detectShutdownThread;
+	detectShutdownThread = NULL;
+    }
+    Shutdown();
+
     return fRet;
 }
 
@@ -214,7 +242,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
     if (fRet && fDaemon)
         return 0;
 
-    return 1;
+    return (fRet ? 0 : 1);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -302,7 +330,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage()
         "  -rpcport=<port>        " + _("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: 8332 or testnet: 18332)") + "\n" +
         "  -rpcallowip=<ip>       " + _("Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified IP address") + "\n" +
         "  -rpcconnect=<ip>       " + _("Send commands to node running on <ip> (default: 127.0.0.1)") + "\n" +
-        "  -rpcthreads=<n>        " + _("Use this mean threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)") + "\n" +
+        "  -rpcthreads=<n>        " + _("Use this many threads to service RPC calls (default: 4)") + "\n" +
         "  -blocknotify=<cmd>     " + _("Execute command when the best block changes (%s in cmd is replaced by block hash)") + "\n" +
         "  -walletnotify=<cmd>    " + _("Execute command when a wallet transaction changes (%s in cmd is replaced by TxID)") + "\n" +
         "  -alertnotify=<cmd>     " + _("Execute command when a relevant alert is received (%s in cmd is replaced by message)") + "\n" +
@@ -440,8 +468,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa_hup, NULL);
 #endif
 
-    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&DetectShutdownThread, &threadGroup));
-
     // ********************************************************* Step 2: parameter interactions
 
     fTestNet = GetBoolArg("-testnet");
@@ -499,12 +525,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     else
         fDebugNet = GetBoolArg("-debugnet");
 
-#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(QT_GUI)
-    fDaemon = GetBoolArg("-daemon");
-#else
-    fDaemon = false;
-#endif
-
     if (fDaemon)
         fServer = true;
     else
@@ -552,28 +572,6 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     if (!lock.try_lock())
         return InitError(strprintf(_("Cannot obtain a lock on data directory %s. Bitcoin is probably already running."), strDataDir.c_str()));
 
-#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(QT_GUI)
-    if (fDaemon)
-    {
-        // Daemonize
-        pid_t pid = fork();
-        if (pid < 0)
-        {
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error: fork() returned %d errno %d\n", pid, errno);
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (pid > 0)
-        {
-            CreatePidFile(GetPidFile(), pid);
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        pid_t sid = setsid();
-        if (sid < 0)
-            fprintf(stderr, "Error: setsid() returned %d errno %d\n", sid, errno);
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (GetBoolArg("-shrinkdebugfile", !fDebug))
         ShrinkDebugFile();
     printf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
@@ -1011,8 +1009,7 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     printf("mapWallet.size() = %"PRIszu"\n",       pwalletMain->mapWallet.size());
     printf("mapAddressBook.size() = %"PRIszu"\n",  pwalletMain->mapAddressBook.size());
 
-    if (!NewThread(StartNode, (void*)&threadGroup))
+    StartNode(threadGroup);
-        InitError(_("Error: could not start node"));
 
     if (fServer)
         StartRPCThreads();
@@ -1030,12 +1027,8 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
      // Add wallet transactions that aren't already in a block to mapTransactions
     pwalletMain->ReacceptWalletTransactions();
 
-#if !defined(QT_GUI)
+    // Run a thread to flush wallet periodically
-    // Loop until process is exit()ed from shutdown() function,
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&ThreadFlushWalletDB, boost::ref(pwalletMain->strWalletFile)));
-    // called from ThreadRPCServer thread when a "stop" command is received.
-    while (1)
-        MilliSleep(5000);
-#endif
 
-    return true;
+    return !fRequestShutdown;
 }

src/init.h

@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@
 
 #include "wallet.h"
 
-class boost::thread_group;
 extern CWallet* pwalletMain;
 
 void StartShutdown();
-void Shutdown(void* parg);
+void Shutdown();
 bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup);
 std::string HelpMessage();
 

src/main.cpp

@@ -1256,8 +1256,7 @@ bool ConnectBestBlock(CValidationState &state) {
             if (pindexTest->pprev == NULL || pindexTest->pnext != NULL) {
                 reverse(vAttach.begin(), vAttach.end());
                 BOOST_FOREACH(CBlockIndex *pindexSwitch, vAttach) {
-                    if (fRequestShutdown)
+                    boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-                        break;
                     try {
                         if (!SetBestChain(state, pindexSwitch))
                             return false;
@@ -2457,7 +2456,6 @@ uint256 CPartialMerkleTree::ExtractMatches(std::vector<uint256> &vMatch) {
 
 
 bool AbortNode(const std::string &strMessage) {
-    fRequestShutdown = true;
     strMiscWarning = strMessage;
     printf("*** %s\n", strMessage.c_str());
     uiInterface.ThreadSafeMessageBox(strMessage, "", CClientUIInterface::MSG_ERROR);
@@ -2536,8 +2534,7 @@ bool static LoadBlockIndexDB()
     if (!pblocktree->LoadBlockIndexGuts())
         return false;
 
-    if (fRequestShutdown)
+    boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-        return true;
 
     // Calculate bnChainWork
     vector<pair<int, CBlockIndex*> > vSortedByHeight;
@@ -2617,7 +2614,8 @@ bool VerifyDB() {
     CValidationState state;
     for (CBlockIndex* pindex = pindexBest; pindex && pindex->pprev; pindex = pindex->pprev)
     {
-        if (fRequestShutdown || pindex->nHeight < nBestHeight-nCheckDepth)
+        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
+        if (pindex->nHeight < nBestHeight-nCheckDepth)
             break;
         CBlock block;
         // check level 0: read from disk
@@ -2654,7 +2652,8 @@ bool VerifyDB() {
     // check level 4: try reconnecting blocks
     if (nCheckLevel >= 4) {
         CBlockIndex *pindex = pindexState;
-        while (pindex != pindexBest && !fRequestShutdown) {
+        while (pindex != pindexBest) {
+            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
              pindex = pindex->pnext;
              CBlock block;
              if (!block.ReadFromDisk(pindex))
@@ -3038,8 +3037,7 @@ void static ProcessGetData(CNode* pfrom)
 
         const CInv &inv = *it;
         {
-            if (fShutdown)
+            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-                break;
             it++;
 
             if (inv.type == MSG_BLOCK || inv.type == MSG_FILTERED_BLOCK)
@@ -3297,8 +3295,8 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
         int64 nSince = nNow - 10 * 60;
         BOOST_FOREACH(CAddress& addr, vAddr)
         {
-            if (fShutdown)
+            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-                return true;
+
             if (addr.nTime <= 100000000 || addr.nTime > nNow + 10 * 60)
                 addr.nTime = nNow - 5 * 24 * 60 * 60;
             pfrom->AddAddressKnown(addr);
@@ -3366,8 +3364,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv)
         {
             const CInv &inv = vInv[nInv];
 
-            if (fShutdown)
+            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-                return true;
             pfrom->AddInventoryKnown(inv);
 
             bool fAlreadyHave = AlreadyHave(inv);
@@ -3799,8 +3796,7 @@ bool ProcessMessages(CNode* pfrom)
                 LOCK(cs_main);
                 fRet = ProcessMessage(pfrom, strCommand, vRecv);
             }
-            if (fShutdown)
+            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-                break;
         }
         catch (std::ios_base::failure& e)
         {
@@ -3819,6 +3815,9 @@ bool ProcessMessages(CNode* pfrom)
                 PrintExceptionContinue(&e, "ProcessMessages()");
             }
         }
+        catch (boost::thread_interrupted) {
+            throw;
+        }
         catch (std::exception& e) {
             PrintExceptionContinue(&e, "ProcessMessages()");
         } catch (...) {

src/net.cpp

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ static bool vfReachable[NET_MAX] = {};
 static bool vfLimited[NET_MAX] = {};
 static CNode* pnodeLocalHost = NULL;
 uint64 nLocalHostNonce = 0;
-array<int, THREAD_MAX> vnThreadsRunning;
 static std::vector<SOCKET> vhListenSocket;
 CAddrMan addrman;
 
@@ -147,8 +146,7 @@ bool RecvLine(SOCKET hSocket, string& strLine)
         }
         else if (nBytes <= 0)
         {
-            if (fShutdown)
+            boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
-                return false;
             if (nBytes < 0)
             {
                 int nErr = WSAGetLastError();
@@ -1775,10 +1773,8 @@ void static Discover()
         NewThread(ThreadGetMyExternalIP, NULL);
 }
 
-void StartNode(void* parg)
+void StartNode(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
 {
-    boost::thread_group* threadGroup = (boost::thread_group*)parg;
-
     // Make this thread recognisable as the startup thread
     RenameThread("bitcoin-start");
 
@@ -1800,25 +1796,27 @@ void StartNode(void* parg)
     if (!GetBoolArg("-dnsseed", true))
         printf("DNS seeding disabled\n");
     else
-        threadGroup->create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "dnsseed", &ThreadDNSAddressSeed));
+        threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<boost::function<void()> >, "dnsseed", &ThreadDNSAddressSeed));
 
+#ifdef USE_UPNP
     // Map ports with UPnP
     MapPort(GetBoolArg("-upnp", USE_UPNP));
+#endif
 
     // Send and receive from sockets, accept connections
-    threadGroup->create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "net", &ThreadSocketHandler));
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "net", &ThreadSocketHandler));
 
     // Initiate outbound connections from -addnode
-    threadGroup->create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "addcon", &ThreadOpenAddedConnections));
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "addcon", &ThreadOpenAddedConnections));
 
     // Initiate outbound connections
-    threadGroup->create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "opencon", &ThreadOpenConnections));
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "opencon", &ThreadOpenConnections));
 
     // Process messages
-    threadGroup->create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "msghand", &ThreadMessageHandler));
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&TraceThread<void (*)()>, "msghand", &ThreadMessageHandler));
 
     // Dump network addresses
-    threadGroup->create_thread(boost::bind(&LoopForever<void (*)()>, "dumpaddr", &DumpAddresses, 10000));
+    threadGroup.create_thread(boost::bind(&LoopForever<void (*)()>, "dumpaddr", &DumpAddresses, 10000));
 }
 
 bool StopNode()
@@ -1826,23 +1824,10 @@ bool StopNode()
     printf("StopNode()\n");
     GenerateBitcoins(false, NULL);
     MapPort(false);
-    fShutdown = true;
     nTransactionsUpdated++;
-    int64 nStart = GetTime();
     if (semOutbound)
         for (int i=0; i<MAX_OUTBOUND_CONNECTIONS; i++)
             semOutbound->post();
-    do
-    {
-        int nThreadsRunning = 0;
-        for (int n = 0; n < THREAD_MAX; n++)
-            nThreadsRunning += vnThreadsRunning[n];
-        if (nThreadsRunning == 0)
-            break;
-        if (GetTime() - nStart > 20)
-            break;
-        MilliSleep(20);
-    } while(true);
     MilliSleep(50);
     DumpAddresses();
 

src/net.h

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ CNode* ConnectNode(CAddress addrConnect, const char *strDest = NULL, int64 nTime
 void MapPort(bool fUseUPnP);
 unsigned short GetListenPort();
 bool BindListenPort(const CService &bindAddr, std::string& strError=REF(std::string()));
-void StartNode(void* parg);
+void StartNode(boost::thread_group& threadGroup);
 bool StopNode();
 void SocketSendData(CNode *pnode);
 
@@ -69,16 +69,9 @@ void SetReachable(enum Network net, bool fFlag = true);
 CAddress GetLocalAddress(const CNetAddr *paddrPeer = NULL);
 
 
-/** Thread types */
-enum threadId
-{
-    THREAD_MAX
-};
-
 extern bool fDiscover;
 extern uint64 nLocalServices;
 extern uint64 nLocalHostNonce;
-extern boost::array<int, THREAD_MAX> vnThreadsRunning;
 extern CAddrMan addrman;
 
 extern std::vector<CNode*> vNodes;

src/qt/bitcoin.cpp

@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 guiref = 0;
             }
             // Shutdown the core and its threads, but don't exit Bitcoin-Qt here
-            Shutdown(NULL);
             threadGroup.interrupt_all();
             threadGroup.join_all();
+            Shutdown();
         }
         else
         {

src/txdb.cpp

@@ -115,12 +115,13 @@ bool CCoinsViewDB::GetStats(CCoinsStats &stats) {
     pcursor->SeekToFirst();
 
     while (pcursor->Valid()) {
+        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
         try {
             leveldb::Slice slKey = pcursor->key();
             CDataStream ssKey(slKey.data(), slKey.data()+slKey.size(), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
             char chType;
             ssKey >> chType;
-            if (chType == 'c' && !fRequestShutdown) {
+            if (chType == 'c') {
                 leveldb::Slice slValue = pcursor->value();
                 CDataStream ssValue(slValue.data(), slValue.data()+slValue.size(), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
                 CCoins coins;
@@ -178,12 +179,13 @@ bool CBlockTreeDB::LoadBlockIndexGuts()
 
     // Load mapBlockIndex
     while (pcursor->Valid()) {
+        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
         try {
             leveldb::Slice slKey = pcursor->key();
             CDataStream ssKey(slKey.data(), slKey.data()+slKey.size(), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
             char chType;
             ssKey >> chType;
-            if (chType == 'b' && !fRequestShutdown) {
+            if (chType == 'b') {
                 leveldb::Slice slValue = pcursor->value();
                 CDataStream ssValue(slValue.data(), slValue.data()+slValue.size(), SER_DISK, CLIENT_VERSION);
                 CDiskBlockIndex diskindex;

src/util.cpp

@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ bool fDebug = false;
 bool fDebugNet = false;
 bool fPrintToConsole = false;
 bool fPrintToDebugger = false;
-volatile bool fRequestShutdown = false;
-bool fShutdown = false;
 bool fDaemon = false;
 bool fServer = false;
 bool fCommandLine = false;

src/util.h

@@ -134,8 +134,6 @@ extern bool fDebug;
 extern bool fDebugNet;
 extern bool fPrintToConsole;
 extern bool fPrintToDebugger;
-extern volatile bool fRequestShutdown;
-extern bool fShutdown;
 extern bool fDaemon;
 extern bool fServer;
 extern bool fCommandLine;

src/wallet.cpp

@@ -1383,7 +1383,6 @@ DBErrors CWallet::LoadWallet(bool& fFirstRunRet)
         return nLoadWalletRet;
     fFirstRunRet = !vchDefaultKey.IsValid();
 
-    NewThread(ThreadFlushWalletDB, &strWalletFile);
     return DB_LOAD_OK;
 }
 

src/wallet.h

@@ -327,8 +327,7 @@ public:
 
     ~CReserveKey()
     {
-        if (!fShutdown)
+        ReturnKey();
-            ReturnKey();
     }
 
     void ReturnKey();

src/walletdb.cpp

@@ -451,8 +451,10 @@ DBErrors CWalletDB::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
         }
         pcursor->close();
     }
-    catch (...)
+    catch (boost::thread_interrupted) {
-    {
+        throw;
+    }
+    catch (...) {
         result = DB_CORRUPT;
     }
 
@@ -482,12 +484,11 @@ DBErrors CWalletDB::LoadWallet(CWallet* pwallet)
     return result;
 }
 
-void ThreadFlushWalletDB(void* parg)
+void ThreadFlushWalletDB(const string& strFile)
 {
     // Make this thread recognisable as the wallet flushing thread
     RenameThread("bitcoin-wallet");
 
-    const string& strFile = ((const string*)parg)[0];
     static bool fOneThread;
     if (fOneThread)
         return;
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ void ThreadFlushWalletDB(void* parg)
     unsigned int nLastSeen = nWalletDBUpdated;
     unsigned int nLastFlushed = nWalletDBUpdated;
     int64 nLastWalletUpdate = GetTime();
-    while (!fShutdown)
+    while (true)
     {
         MilliSleep(500);
 
@@ -522,8 +523,9 @@ void ThreadFlushWalletDB(void* parg)
                     mi++;
                 }
 
-                if (nRefCount == 0 && !fShutdown)
+                if (nRefCount == 0)
                 {
+                    boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
                     map<string, int>::iterator mi = bitdb.mapFileUseCount.find(strFile);
                     if (mi != bitdb.mapFileUseCount.end())
                     {
@@ -548,7 +550,7 @@ bool BackupWallet(const CWallet& wallet, const string& strDest)
 {
     if (!wallet.fFileBacked)
         return false;
-    while (!fShutdown)
+    while (true)
     {
         {
             LOCK(bitdb.cs_db);