From c5e37b289baa0c20a2359247ad0971d228f675d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sarah Hoffmann <lonvia@denofr.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 22:32:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] don't overreact when bulk pool is still empty

---
 utils/cron_banip.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/utils/cron_banip.py b/utils/cron_banip.py
index c8fdd78c..53f5e5f1 100755
--- a/utils/cron_banip.py
+++ b/utils/cron_banip.py
@@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ BLOCK_LIMIT = max(BLOCK_LOWER, BLOCK_UPPER - BLOCK_LOADFAC * (dbload - 75))
 BULKLONG_LIMIT = max(BULK_LOWER, BULKLONG_LIMIT - BULK_LOADFAC * (avgload - 14))
 if len(prevbulks) > MAX_BULK_IPS:
     BLOCK_LIMIT = max(3600, BLOCK_LOWER - (len(prevbulks) - MAX_BULK_IPS)*10)
+# if the bulk pool is still empty, clients will be faster, avoid having
+# them blocked in this case
+if len(prevbulks) < 10:
+    BLOCK_LIMIT = 2*BLOCK_UPPER
+
 
 # get the new block candidates
 cur.execute("""
-- 
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