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-rw-r--r--source3/nmbd/nmbd.c2
-rw-r--r--source3/nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c20
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source3/nmbd/nmbd.c b/source3/nmbd/nmbd.c
index feb9c2420e..72cc9408d5 100644
--- a/source3/nmbd/nmbd.c
+++ b/source3/nmbd/nmbd.c
@@ -567,6 +567,8 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
StartupTime = time(NULL);
+ srandom(time(NULL) ^ getpid());
+
TimeInit();
pstrcpy( debugf, NMBLOGFILE );
diff --git a/source3/nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c b/source3/nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c
index 8136568c6a..b1fb4e631f 100644
--- a/source3/nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c
+++ b/source3/nmbd/nmbd_browsesync.c
@@ -556,12 +556,17 @@ void collect_all_workgroup_names_from_wins_server(time_t t)
/****************************************************************************
If we are a domain master browser on the unicast subnet, do a regular sync
- with all other DMBs that we know of on that subnet
+ with all other DMBs that we know of on that subnet.
+
+To prevent exponential network traffic with large numbers of workgroups
+we use a randomised system where sync probability is inversely proportional
+to the number of known workgroups
**************************************************************************/
void sync_all_dmbs(time_t t)
{
static time_t lastrun = 0;
struct work_record *work;
+ int count=0;
/* Only do this if we are using a WINS server. */
if(we_are_a_wins_client() == False)
@@ -575,13 +580,24 @@ void sync_all_dmbs(time_t t)
if (!AM_DOMAIN_MASTER_BROWSER(work))
return;
- if ((lastrun != 0) && (t < lastrun + (15 * 60)))
+ if ((lastrun != 0) && (t < lastrun + (5 * 60)))
return;
+ /* count how many syncs we might need to do */
+ for (work=unicast_subnet->workgrouplist; work; work = work->next) {
+ if (strcmp(global_myworkgroup, work->work_group) &&
+ !ip_equal(work->dmb_addr, ipzero)) {
+ count++;
+ }
+ }
+ /* sync with a probability of 1/count */
for (work=unicast_subnet->workgrouplist; work; work = work->next) {
if (strcmp(global_myworkgroup, work->work_group) &&
!ip_equal(work->dmb_addr, ipzero)) {
+
+ if (((unsigned)random()) % count != 0) continue;
+
lastrun = t;
DEBUG(3,("initiating DMB<->DMB sync with %s(%s)\n",