From cdc30f1dd16e6f990ca0ac53edd80bfb7f8f35a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arvid Norberg <arvid@libtorrent.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:10:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fixed bug where pieces may have been requested before the
 metadata was received

---
 ChangeLog      | 2 ++
 src/policy.cpp | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 67bef06ed..fb0f615e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/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
 
diff --git a/src/policy.cpp b/src/policy.cpp
index 6bd11d65f..d32f759bd 100644
--- a/src/policy.cpp
+++ b/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()