commit 5385a023e105ffbb54f1c160298313c6a8cde57f Author: Nick Mathewson nickm@torproject.org Date: Sun Nov 6 20:08:11 2016 -0500
Do not apply 'max_failures' to random-exponential schedules.
Fixes bug 20536; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha. --- changes/bug20536 | 6 ++++++ src/or/directory.h | 12 +++++++++--- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/bug20536 b/changes/bug20536 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9e0dd16 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug20536 @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ + o Major bugfixes (download scheduling): + - When using an exponential backoff schedule, do not give up on + dowloading just because we have failed a bunch of times. Since + each delay is longer than the last, retrying indefinitely won't + hurt. Fixes bug 20536; bugfix on 0.2.9.1-alpha. + diff --git a/src/or/directory.h b/src/or/directory.h index 9477948..629b3ea 100644 --- a/src/or/directory.h +++ b/src/or/directory.h @@ -114,9 +114,15 @@ static inline int download_status_is_ready(download_status_t *dls, time_t now, int max_failures) { - int under_failure_limit = (dls->n_download_failures <= max_failures - && dls->n_download_attempts <= max_failures); - return (under_failure_limit && dls->next_attempt_at <= now); + if (dls->backoff == DL_SCHED_DETERMINISTIC) { + /* Deterministic schedules can hit an endpoint; exponential backoff + * schedules just wait longer and longer. */ + int under_failure_limit = (dls->n_download_failures <= max_failures + && dls->n_download_attempts <= max_failures); + if (!under_failure_limit) + return 0; + } + return dls->next_attempt_at <= now; }
static void download_status_mark_impossible(download_status_t *dl);