commit 14abf1c3f1534da308eb221fef483a293d449d4f Author: Sebastian Hahn <sebastian@torproject.org> Date: Sat Aug 30 08:36:20 2014 +0200 Don't delay uploading a new desc if bw estimate was 0 When a tor relay starts up and has no historical information about its bandwidth capability, it uploads a descriptor with a bw estimate of 0. It then starts its bw selftest, but has to wait 20 minutes to upload the next descriptor due to the MAX_BANDWIDTH_CHANGE_FREQ delay. This change should mean that on average, relays start seeing meaningful traffic a little quicker, since they will have a higher chance to appear in the consensus with a nonzero bw. Patch by Roger, changes file and comment by Sebastian. --- changes/bug13000 | 5 +++++ src/or/router.c | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/changes/bug13000 b/changes/bug13000 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e537fb5 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug13000 @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ + o Minor bugfixes: + - If our previous bandwidth estimate was 0 bytes, allow publishing a + new relay descriptor immediately. Fixes bug 13000; bugfix on + 0.1.1.6-alpha. + diff --git a/src/or/router.c b/src/or/router.c index 87b6705..4d1e74e 100644 --- a/src/or/router.c +++ b/src/or/router.c @@ -2063,7 +2063,8 @@ mark_my_descriptor_dirty(const char *reason) } /** How frequently will we republish our descriptor because of large (factor - * of 2) shifts in estimated bandwidth? */ + * of 2) shifts in estimated bandwidth? Note: We don't use this constant + * if our previous bandwidth estimate was exactly 0. */ #define MAX_BANDWIDTH_CHANGE_FREQ (20*60) /** Check whether bandwidth has changed a lot since the last time we announced @@ -2081,7 +2082,7 @@ check_descriptor_bandwidth_changed(time_t now) if ((prev != cur && (!prev || !cur)) || cur > prev*2 || cur < prev/2) { - if (last_changed+MAX_BANDWIDTH_CHANGE_FREQ < now) { + if (last_changed+MAX_BANDWIDTH_CHANGE_FREQ < now || !prev) { log_info(LD_GENERAL, "Measured bandwidth has changed; rebuilding descriptor."); mark_my_descriptor_dirty("bandwidth has changed");