fixed bug where pieces may have been requested before the metadata was received

ChangeLog

@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ release 0.14.7
 	* improved forward compatibility in DHT
 	* added set_piece_hashes that takes a callback to the python binding
 	* fixed division by zero in get_peer_info()
+	* fixed bug where pieces may have been requested before the metadata
+	  was received
 
 release 0.14.6
 

src/policy.cpp

@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ namespace libtorrent
 		if (c.no_download()) return;
 		if (t.upload_mode()) return;
 
+		// don't request pieces before we have the metadata
+		if (!t.valid_metadata()) return;
+
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(t.valid_metadata());
 		TORRENT_ASSERT(c.peer_info_struct() != 0 || !dynamic_cast<bt_peer_connection*>(&c));
 		int num_requests = c.desired_queue_size()