when evicting peers waiting to establish connection, evict the ones that have been trying for the longest first

src/bt_peer_connection.cpp

@@ -1751,7 +1751,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		std::string myip = root.dict_find_string_value("yourip");
 		if (!myip.empty())
 		{
-			// TODO: don't trust this blindly
 			if (myip.size() == address_v4::bytes_type().size())
 			{
 				address_v4::bytes_type bytes;

src/peer_connection.cpp

@@ -3983,7 +3983,6 @@ namespace libtorrent
 			boost::shared_ptr<torrent> t = m_torrent.lock();
 			assert(t);
 
-			// TODO: we should probably just send a HAVE_ALL here
 			for (int i = 0; i < int(m_have_piece.size()); ++i)
 			{
 				if (m_have_piece[i] || !t->have_piece(i)) continue;

src/torrent.cpp

@@ -5964,6 +5964,19 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	bool connecting_time_compare(peer_connection const* lhs, peer_connection const* rhs)
+	{
+		bool lhs_connecting = lhs->is_connecting() && !lhs->is_disconnecting();
+		bool rhs_connecting = rhs->is_connecting() && !rhs->is_disconnecting();
+		if (lhs_connecting > rhs_connecting) return false;
+		if (lhs_connecting < rhs_connecting) return true;
+
+		// a lower value of connected_time means it's been waiting
+		// longer. This is a less-than comparison, so if lhs has
+		// waited longer than rhs, we should return false.
+		return lhs->connected_time() >= rhs->connected_time();
+	}
+
 	bool torrent::attach_peer(peer_connection* p)
 	{
 //		INVARIANT_CHECK;
@@ -6083,13 +6096,12 @@ namespace libtorrent
 				// find any peer that's connecting (i.e. a half-open TCP connection)
 				// that's also not disconnecting
 
-				// TODO: 1 ideally, we would disconnect the oldest connection
+				// disconnect the peer that's been wating to establish a connection
-				// i.e. the one that has waited the longest to connect.
+				// the longest
-				std::set<peer_connection*>::iterator i = std::find_if(begin(), end()
+				std::set<peer_connection*>::iterator i = std::max_element(begin(), end()
-					, boost::bind(&peer_connection::is_connecting, _1)
+					, &connecting_time_compare);
-					&& !boost::bind(&peer_connection::is_disconnecting, _1));
 
-				if (i == end())
+				if (i == end() || !(*i)->is_connecting() || (*i)->is_disconnecting())
 				{
 					// this seems odd, but we might as well handle it
 					p->disconnect(errors::too_many_connections);