From 7dea8a766f6c351a0b8b67900988e0b539c3eca8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trent Nelson <trent@solana.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:52:27 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] validator: run poh speed test earlier in start up

(cherry picked from commit 5bc6c89adc2c2cced25b79e361b9a9e2a351297a)
---
 core/src/validator.rs | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/src/validator.rs b/core/src/validator.rs
index eee6bcd76a2823..3d1068de4a49ae 100644
--- a/core/src/validator.rs
+++ b/core/src/validator.rs
@@ -381,6 +381,7 @@ impl Validator {
             &exit,
             config.enforce_ulimit_nofile,
             &start_progress,
+            config.no_poh_speed_test,
         );
 
         *start_progress.write().unwrap() = ValidatorStartProgress::StartingServices;
@@ -612,10 +613,6 @@ impl Validator {
                 (None, None)
             };
 
-        if !config.no_poh_speed_test {
-            check_poh_speed(&genesis_config, None);
-        }
-
         let waited_for_supermajority = if let Ok(waited) = wait_for_supermajority(
             config,
             &bank,
@@ -1009,6 +1006,7 @@ fn new_banks_from_ledger(
     exit: &Arc<AtomicBool>,
     enforce_ulimit_nofile: bool,
     start_progress: &Arc<RwLock<ValidatorStartProgress>>,
+    no_poh_speed_test: bool,
 ) -> (
     GenesisConfig,
     BankForks,
@@ -1042,6 +1040,10 @@ fn new_banks_from_ledger(
         }
     }
 
+    if !no_poh_speed_test {
+        check_poh_speed(&genesis_config, None);
+    }
+
     let BlockstoreSignals {
         mut blockstore,
         ledger_signal_receiver,