transmission-2.92_skiphashchek

Add feature "skip hash check" for transmission 2.92

"skip hash check" is a very useful feature for seeding identical big torrents on different sites. It exists in uTorrent but the offical release of transmission doesn't support this function.

Modify code yourself

In this project, I modified less than 10 lines of code to add this feature for transmission-2.92. It's very simple:

you can download source code from the offical site,modify the following changes and compile yourself. then replace /usr/bin/transmission-daemon with transmission-daemon in daemon directory after make

diff libtransmission/rpcimpl.c

388a389
>   skiphash();

diff libtransmission/verify.c

41a42,46
> static bool skiphashcheck=false;
> void skiphash(){
>     skiphashcheck=true;
> }
> 
76c81
<       if (filePos == 0 && fd == TR_BAD_SYS_FILE && fileIndex != prevFileIndex)
---
>       if (!skiphashcheck && filePos == 0 && fd == TR_BAD_SYS_FILE && fileIndex != prevFileIndex)
95c100
<           if (tr_sys_file_read_at (fd, buffer, bytesThisPass, filePos, &numRead, NULL) && numRead > 0)
---
>           if (!skiphashcheck && tr_sys_file_read_at (fd, buffer, bytesThisPass, filePos, &numRead, NULL) && numRead > 0)
119c124
<           hasPiece = !memcmp (hash, tor->info.pieces[pieceIndex].hash, SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH);
---
>           hasPiece = skiphashcheck || !memcmp (hash, tor->info.pieces[pieceIndex].hash, SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH);
156a162,165
>   if(skiphashcheck){
>       skiphashcheck=false;
>       tr_logAddTorInfo (tor, "%s", _("skip hash check"));
>   }

this patch is for transmission-2.92, but for other version I think it will be similar

Download and compile directly

download the project and:

$ cd transmission-2.92
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install

if you have installed transmission-2.92, replace /usr/bin/transmission-daemon with transmission-daemon in daemon directory after make.

How to use

In the web interface: http://ip:9091/transmission/web/. right click on ANY torrent, click Ask tracker for more peers and the CURRENT verifying torrent will be skipped for hash check.

• DON'T replace file if version of transmission installed is other than 2.92.
• Make a backup of /usr/bin/transmission-daemon before replacing.
• I have only tested transmission-2.92 on Centos 6.
• DON'T use this feature for cheating, you will be caught.