From: Bob Halley <halley@dnspython.org>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 05:12:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: cope if time goes backwards a little bit
X-Git-Tag: v1.3.5~13
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e616f41161050caec50672b04fb0299817e0b78f;p=thirdparty%2Fdnspython.git

cope if time goes backwards a little bit
---

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cbfc804e..88ec663d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-2005-07-31  Bob Halley  <halley@nominum.com>
+2005-09-29  Bob Halley  <halley@dnspython.org>
+
+	* dns/resolver.py (Resolver._compute_timeout): If time goes
+	  backwards a little bit, ignore it.
+
+2005-07-31  Bob Halley  <halley@dnspython.org>
 
 	* (Version 1.3.4 released)
 
diff --git a/dns/resolver.py b/dns/resolver.py
index 38e45d39..7433d4a3 100644
--- a/dns/resolver.py
+++ b/dns/resolver.py
@@ -427,8 +427,14 @@ class Resolver(object):
     def _compute_timeout(self, start):
         now = time.time()
         if now < start:
-            # Time going backwards is bad.  Just give up.
-            raise Timeout
+            if start - now > 1:
+                # Time going backwards is bad.  Just give up.
+                raise Timeout
+            else:
+                # Time went backwards, but only a little.  This can
+                # happen, e.g. under vmware with older linux kernels.
+                # Pretend it didn't happen.
+                now = start
         duration = now - start
         if duration >= self.lifetime:
             raise Timeout