status-go/vendor/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/_assets/patches/0041-add-delete-peer.patch

diff --git a/node/api.go b/node/api.go
index 4a434843e..bb1c01119 100644
--- a/node/api.go
+++ b/node/api.go
@@ -75,6 +75,24 @@ func (api *PrivateAdminAPI) RemovePeer(url string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
+// DeletePeer disconnects and deletes forcefully a remote node.
+func (api *PrivateAdminAPI) DeletePeer(url string) (bool, error) {
+	// Make sure the server is running, fail otherwise
+	server := api.node.Server()
+	if server == nil {
+		return false, ErrNodeStopped
+	}
+	// Try to remove the url as a static peer and return
+	node, err := enode.ParseV4(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("invalid enode: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := server.DeletePeer(node); err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
+
 // AddTrustedPeer allows a remote node to always connect, even if slots are full
 func (api *PrivateAdminAPI) AddTrustedPeer(url string) (bool, error) {
 	// Make sure the server is running, fail otherwise
diff --git a/p2p/server.go b/p2p/server.go
index b8c69bad8..715ab0872 100644
--- a/p2p/server.go
+++ b/p2p/server.go
@@ -327,6 +327,28 @@ func (srv *Server) RemovePeer(node *enode.Node) {
 	}
 }
 
+// DeletePeer deletes the given node forcefully.
+func (srv *Server) DeletePeer(node *enode.Node) error {
+	var peer *Peer
+	for _, p := range srv.Peers() {
+		if p.ID() == node.ID() {
+			peer = p
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
+	if peer == nil {
+		return errors.New("peer not found")
+	}
+
+	select {
+	case srv.delpeer <- peerDrop{peer, errors.New("forced delete"), true}:
+	case <-srv.quit:
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // AddTrustedPeer adds the given node to a reserved whitelist which allows the
 // node to always connect, even if the slot are full.
 func (srv *Server) AddTrustedPeer(node *enode.Node) {