From 896899e0d66e25f6549a92749d237c8a87b12f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:21:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] *Always* send a shutdown signal to enable custom shutdown
 actions

NOTE: This is required to be sure that we can properly shut down the RPC
      thread.

Signed-off-by: Giel van Schijndel <me@mortis.eu>
---
 src/bitcoinrpc.cpp |  3 +--
 src/init.cpp       | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index 01142ab7c..a35d33e14 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -2884,8 +2884,7 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg)
     }
 
     vnThreadsRunning[THREAD_RPCLISTENER]--;
-    while (!fShutdown)
-        io_service.run_one();
+    io_service.run();
     vnThreadsRunning[THREAD_RPCLISTENER]++;
 
     // Terminate all outstanding accept-requests
diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 08b594f56..4e0947a16 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "init.h"
 #include "util.h"
 #include "ui_interface.h"
+#include <boost/bind.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem/convenience.hpp>
@@ -40,13 +41,8 @@ void ExitTimeout(void* parg)
 
 void StartShutdown()
 {
-#ifdef QT_GUI
     // 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
-    CreateThread(Shutdown, NULL);
-#endif
 }
 
 void Shutdown(void* parg)
@@ -154,6 +150,11 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
             exit(ret);
         }
 
+        // Create the shutdown thread when receiving a shutdown signal
+        boost::signals2::scoped_connection do_stop(
+                uiInterface.QueueShutdown.connect(boost::bind(
+                    &CreateThread, &Shutdown, static_cast<void*>(0), false)));
+
         fRet = AppInit2();
     }
     catch (std::exception& e) {