v2.6.3-beta (#11040)

* add more tx tests (#11038)
* Fix parallel transactions race-condition (#10995)
* Add blake2_f precompile (#11017)
* [trace] introduce trace failed to Ext (#11019)
* Edit publish-onchain.sh to use https (#11016)
* Fix deadlock in network-devp2p (#11013)
* EIP 1108: Reduce alt_bn128 precompile gas costs (#11008)
* xDai chain support and nodes list update (#10989)
* EIP 2028: transaction gas lowered from 68 to 16 (#10987)
* EIP-1344 Add CHAINID op-code (#10983)
* manual publish jobs for releases, no changes for nightlies (#10977)
* [blooms-db] Fix benchmarks (#10974)
* Verify transaction against its block during import (#10954)
* Better error message for rpc gas price errors (#10931)
* Fix fork choice (#10837)
* Fix compilation on recent nightlies (#10991)

ethcore/src/engines/instant_seal.rs

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ use machine::Machine;
 use types::header::{Header, ExtendedHeader};
 use block::ExecutedBlock;
 use error::Error;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+
 
 /// `InstantSeal` params.
 #[derive(Default, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ impl From<::ethjson::spec::InstantSealParams> for InstantSealParams {
 pub struct InstantSeal {
 	params: InstantSealParams,
 	machine: Machine,
+	last_sealed_block: AtomicU64,
 }
 
 impl InstantSeal {
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ impl InstantSeal {
 		InstantSeal {
 			params,
 			machine,
+			last_sealed_block: AtomicU64::new(0),
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -62,11 +66,19 @@ impl Engine for InstantSeal {
 	fn sealing_state(&self) -> SealingState { SealingState::Ready }
 
 	fn generate_seal(&self, block: &ExecutedBlock, _parent: &Header) -> Seal {
-		if block.transactions.is_empty() {
-			Seal::None
-		} else {
-			Seal::Regular(Vec::new())
+		if !block.transactions.is_empty() {
+			let block_number = block.header.number();
+			let last_sealed_block = self.last_sealed_block.load(Ordering::SeqCst);
+			// Return a regular seal if the given block is _higher_ than
+			// the last sealed one
+			if block_number > last_sealed_block {
+				let prev_last_sealed_block = self.last_sealed_block.compare_and_swap(last_sealed_block, block_number, Ordering::SeqCst);
+				if prev_last_sealed_block == last_sealed_block {
+					return Seal::Regular(Vec::new())
+				}
+			}
 		}
+		Seal::None
 	}
 
 	fn verify_local_seal(&self, _header: &Header) -> Result<(), Error> {