[or-cvs] [tor/release-0.2.2] Explain bug2346 fix better based on suggestions from arma

[arma at torproject.org]

commit 5044cb9752b4414cadcdc3b12926b005e390fdf0
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 12 12:37:42 2011 -0500

    Explain bug2346 fix better based on suggestions from arma
---
 changes/bug2346 |    5 +++--
 src/or/config.c |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug2346 b/changes/bug2346
index 341b4f4..0f78b84 100644
--- a/changes/bug2346
+++ b/changes/bug2346
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
   o Minor features
-    - If writing the state file to disk fails, wait an hour before
-      retrying again.  Fixes bug 2346.  Bugfix on Tor 0.1.1.3-alpha.
+    - If writing the state file to disk fails, wait up to an hour
+      before retrying again.  (Our old code would retry the write
+      immediately.)  Fixes bug 2346.  Bugfix on Tor 0.1.1.3-alpha.
 
 
diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 5198eaa..a27fd22 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -5187,7 +5187,8 @@ or_state_save(time_t now)
     global_state->LastWritten = -1;
     tor_free(fname);
     tor_free(contents);
-    /* Try again in after STATE_WRITE_RETRY_INTERVAL */
+    /* Try again after STATE_WRITE_RETRY_INTERVAL (or sooner, if the state
+     * changes sooner). */
     global_state->next_write = now + STATE_WRITE_RETRY_INTERVAL;
     return -1;
   }