Add lock to make sure slot-based locktree calls are safe (#7993) (#7999)

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core/src/rpc.rs

@@ -383,7 +383,11 @@ impl JsonRpcRequestProcessor {
         let stakes = HashMap::new();
         let stakes = bank.epoch_vote_accounts(epoch).unwrap_or(&stakes);
 
-        Ok(self.blockstore.get_block_time(slot, slot_duration, stakes))
+        Ok(self
+            .blockstore
+            .get_block_time(slot, slot_duration, stakes)
+            .ok()
+            .unwrap_or(None))
     }
 }