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commit 32e486de97be6f0267c1318298808488baf6e319
parent 71c701927a27723f0bc9009a044a4bdece55f361
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>
Date:   Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:48:47 -0400

Don't expand guard sample set unless consensus is "reasonably live"

Fixes what I think is the main root cause of 22400. Bugfix on
0.3.0.1-alpha.

Diffstat:
A
changes/bug22400_01
 | 
4
++++
M
src/or/entrynodes.c
 | 
15
+++++++++++++++

2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/changes/bug22400_01 b/changes/bug22400_01
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Major bugfixes (entry guards):
+    - When starting with an old consensus, do not add new entry guards
+      unless the consensus is "reasonably live" (under 1 day old). Fixes
+      one root cause of bug 22400; bugfix on 0.3.0.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/or/entrynodes.c b/src/or/entrynodes.c
@@ -1104,6 +1104,21 @@ entry_guards_expand_sample(guard_selection_t *gs)
 {
   tor_assert(gs);
   const or_options_t *options = get_options();
+
+  if (gs->type != GS_TYPE_BRIDGE) {
+    networkstatus_t *consensus = networkstatus_get_latest_consensus();
+    time_t now = approx_time();
+    if (consensus == NULL) {
+      log_info(LD_GUARD, "Not expanding the sample guard set; we have "
+               "no consensus.");
+      return NULL;
+    } else if (!networkstatus_consensus_reasonably_live(consensus, now)) {
+      log_info(LD_GUARD, "Not expanding the sample guard set; we have "
+               "a consensus, but it is far too old.");
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  }
+
   int n_sampled = smartlist_len(gs->sampled_entry_guards);
   entry_guard_t *added_guard = NULL;
   int n_usable_filtered_guards = num_reachable_filtered_guards(gs, NULL);