Tweak default db-sync-mode to fast:async:1

fsync the DB asynchronously, to allow block download/verification
to proceed while syncing. Sync after every batch. Note that
"fastest" still defaults to fastest:async:1000.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
index 4010d3d44..cd3ed9ab0 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/cryptonote_core.cpp
@@ -323,9 +323,9 @@ namespace cryptonote
     LOG_PRINT_L0("Loading blockchain from folder " << folder.string() << " ...");
 
     const std::string filename = folder.string();
-    // temporarily default to fastest:async:1000
+    // default to fast:async:1
     blockchain_db_sync_mode sync_mode = db_async;
-    uint64_t blocks_per_sync = 1000;
+    uint64_t blocks_per_sync = 1;
 
     try
     {
@@ -338,12 +338,12 @@ namespace cryptonote
       for(const auto &option : options)
         LOG_PRINT_L0("option: " << option);
 
-      // default to fast:async:1000
+      // default to fast:async:1
       uint64_t DEFAULT_FLAGS = DBS_FAST_MODE;
 
       if(options.size() == 0)
       {
-        // temporarily default to fastest:async:1000
+        // default to fast:async:1
         db_flags = DEFAULT_FLAGS;
       }
 
@@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ namespace cryptonote
         else if(options[0] == "fast")
           db_flags = DBS_FAST_MODE;
         else if(options[0] == "fastest")
+        {
           db_flags = DBS_FASTEST_MODE;
+          blocks_per_sync = 1000; // default to fastest:async:1000
+        }
         else
           db_flags = DEFAULT_FLAGS;
       }