Exponential backoff for reconnect timeouts

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ This project follows [semantic versioning](http://semver.org).
 
 ### Unreleased
 
+- [added] Exponential backoff for reconnect timeouts
 - [added] Systemd compatible startup scripts
 - [changed] Repeatedly resolving connect addresses to allow DynDNS
 - [changed] Listening on IPv4 and IPv6

src/cloud.rs

@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ impl PeerList {
         self.addresses.contains(addr)
     }
 
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_connected<Addr: ToSocketAddrs+fmt::Display>(&self, addr: Addr) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        let mut addrs = try!(addr.to_socket_addrs().map_err(|_| Error::SocketError("Error looking up name")));
+        while let Some(a) = addrs.next() {
+            if self.contains_addr(&a) {
+                return Ok(true);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+
     #[inline(always)]
     fn contains_node(&self, node_id: &NodeId) -> bool {
         self.nodes.contains_key(node_id)
@@ -127,6 +138,13 @@ impl PeerList {
     }
 }
 
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct ReconnectEntry {
+    address: String,
+    tries: u16,
+    timeout: u16,
+    next: Time
+}
 
 pub struct GenericCloud<P: Protocol> {
     node_id: NodeId,
@@ -134,7 +152,7 @@ pub struct GenericCloud<P: Protocol> {
     addresses: Vec<Range>,
     learning: bool,
     broadcast: bool,
-    reconnect_peers: Vec<String>,
+    reconnect_peers: Vec<ReconnectEntry>,
     blacklist_peers: Vec<SocketAddr>,
     table: Box<Table>,
     socket4: UdpSocket,
@@ -243,16 +261,27 @@ impl<P: Protocol> GenericCloud<P> {
     }
 
     pub fn add_reconnect_peer(&mut self, add: String) {
-        self.reconnect_peers.push(add)
+        self.reconnect_peers.push(ReconnectEntry {
+            address: add,
+            tries: 0,
+            timeout: 1,
+            next: now()
+        })
     }
 
-    pub fn connect<Addr: ToSocketAddrs+fmt::Display>(&mut self, addr: Addr) -> Result<(), Error> {
-        if let Ok(mut addrs) = addr.to_socket_addrs() {
+    fn is_blacklisted<Addr: ToSocketAddrs+fmt::Display>(&self, addr: Addr) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        let mut addrs = try!(addr.to_socket_addrs().map_err(|_| Error::SocketError("Error looking up name")));
         while let Some(a) = addrs.next() {
-                if self.peers.contains_addr(&a) || self.blacklist_peers.contains(&a) {
-                    return Ok(());
+            if self.blacklist_peers.contains(&a) {
+                return Ok(true);
             }
         }
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+
+    pub fn connect<Addr: ToSocketAddrs+fmt::Display+Clone>(&mut self, addr: Addr) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        if try!(self.peers.is_connected(addr.clone())) || try!(self.is_blacklisted(addr.clone())) {
+            return Ok(())
         }
         debug!("Connecting to {}", addr);
         let subnets = self.addresses.clone();
@@ -270,7 +299,8 @@ impl<P: Protocol> GenericCloud<P> {
     fn housekeep(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.peers.timeout();
         self.table.housekeep();
-        if self.next_peerlist <= now() {
+        let now = now();
+        if self.next_peerlist <= now {
             debug!("Send peer list to all peers");
             let mut peer_num = self.peers.len();
             if peer_num > 10 {
@@ -285,10 +315,33 @@ impl<P: Protocol> GenericCloud<P> {
             let peers = self.peers.subset(peer_num);
             let mut msg = Message::Peers(peers);
             try!(self.broadcast_msg(&mut msg));
-            self.next_peerlist = now() + self.update_freq as Time;
+            self.next_peerlist = now + self.update_freq as Time;
         }
-        for addr in self.reconnect_peers.clone() {
-            try!(self.connect(&addr as &str));
+        for entry in self.reconnect_peers.clone() {
+            if entry.next > now {
+                continue
+            }
+            try!(self.connect(&entry.address as &str));
+        }
+        for entry in &mut self.reconnect_peers {
+            if try!(self.peers.is_connected(&entry.address as &str)) {
+                entry.tries = 0;
+                entry.timeout = 1;
+                entry.next = now + 1;
+                continue
+            }
+            if entry.next > now {
+                continue
+            }
+            entry.tries += 1;
+            if entry.tries > 10 {
+                entry.tries = 0;
+                entry.timeout *= 2;
+            }
+            if entry.timeout > 3600 {
+                entry.timeout = 3600;
+            }
+            entry.next = now + entry.timeout as Time;
         }
         Ok(())
     }