From 82b14370fc35e689f9b0bb7a61323831693bf6be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Kamm <kamm@incasoftware.de>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:57:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Sync scheduling: Only retry up to twice after fail. #2386

Previously when a sync failed, we'd retry very soon (30s) no matter how
often a sync had failed before. After this change we'll retry twice and
then back off to the regular 5min interval.
---
 src/mirall/folder.cpp | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 src/mirall/folder.h   |  1 +
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/mirall/folder.cpp b/src/mirall/folder.cpp
index 041cda19a..f2f1cfed9 100644
--- a/src/mirall/folder.cpp
+++ b/src/mirall/folder.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Folder::Folder(const QString &alias, const QString &path, const QString& secondP
       , _wipeDb(false)
       , _proxyDirty(true)
       , _forceSyncOnPollTimeout(false)
+      , _consecutiveFailingSyncs(0)
       , _journal(path)
       , _csync_ctx(0)
 {
@@ -272,12 +273,10 @@ void Folder::slotPollTimerTimeout()
 
     bool forceSyncIntervalExpired =
             quint64(_timeSinceLastSync.elapsed()) > MirallConfigFile().forceSyncInterval();
-    bool okSyncResult =
-            _syncResult.status() == SyncResult::Success ||
-            _syncResult.status() == SyncResult::Problem;
+    bool syncAgainAfterFail = _consecutiveFailingSyncs > 0 && _consecutiveFailingSyncs < 3;
     if (forceSyncIntervalExpired ||
             _forceSyncOnPollTimeout ||
-            !okSyncResult) {
+            syncAgainAfterFail) {
         if (forceSyncIntervalExpired) {
             qDebug() << "** Force Sync, because it has been " << _timeSinceLastSync.elapsed() << "ms "
                      << "since the last sync";
@@ -285,8 +284,10 @@ void Folder::slotPollTimerTimeout()
         if (_forceSyncOnPollTimeout) {
             qDebug() << "** Force Sync, because it was requested";
         }
-        if (!okSyncResult) {
-            qDebug() << "** Force Sync, because the last sync had status: " << _syncResult.statusString();
+        if (syncAgainAfterFail) {
+            qDebug() << "** Force Sync, because the last"
+                     << _consecutiveFailingSyncs << "syncs failed, last status:"
+                     << _syncResult.statusString();
         }
         _forceSyncOnPollTimeout = false;
         emit scheduleToSync(alias());
@@ -830,6 +831,18 @@ void Folder::slotSyncFinished()
         _syncResult.setStatus(SyncResult::Success);
     }
 
+    // Count the number of syncs that have failed in a row.
+    if (_syncResult.status() == SyncResult::Success
+            || _syncResult.status() == SyncResult::Problem)
+    {
+        _consecutiveFailingSyncs = 0;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        _consecutiveFailingSyncs++;
+        qDebug() << "the last" << _consecutiveFailingSyncs << "syncs failed";
+    }
+
     emit syncStateChange();
 
     // The syncFinished result that is to be triggered here makes the folderman
diff --git a/src/mirall/folder.h b/src/mirall/folder.h
index b67e957bf..57ccdd741 100644
--- a/src/mirall/folder.h
+++ b/src/mirall/folder.h
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ private:
     QString       _lastEtag;
     QElapsedTimer _timeSinceLastSync;
     bool          _forceSyncOnPollTimeout;
+    int           _consecutiveFailingSyncs;
 
     // For the SocketAPI folder states
     QSet<QString>   _stateLastSyncItemsWithErrorNew; // gets moved to _stateLastSyncItemsWithError at end of sync