From ae249fc5a377d1e088ec18b9ae1053f3eb9050aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roger Dingledine Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 04:33:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] document the frequency for reachability testing by the directory authorities. svn:r6014 --- src/or/router.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/or/router.c b/src/or/router.c index d3264d3091..f32339bb77 100644 --- a/src/or/router.c +++ b/src/or/router.c @@ -620,6 +620,10 @@ consider_publishable_server(time_t now, int force) * whether we already have a connection open -- but if try_all * is 0, we want to load balance such that we only try a few connections * per call. + * + * The load balancing is such that if we get called once every ten + * seconds, we will cycle through all the tests in 1280 seconds (a + * bit over 20 minutes). */ void router_retry_connections(int testing_reachability, int try_all)