Make hidden services always check for failed intro point connections

Previously, they would stop checking when they exceeded their intro point
creation limit.

Fixes bug 21596; bugfix on commit d67bf8b2f23 in Tor 0.2.7.2-alpha.
Reported by alecmuffett.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/changes/bug21596 b/changes/bug21596
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec0a46bb81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug21596
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (hidden services):
+    - Make hidden services check for failed intro point connections, even when
+      they have exceeded their intro point creation limit. Fixes bug 21596;
+      bugfix on commit d67bf8b2f23 in Tor 0.2.7.2-alpha. Reported by
+      alecmuffett.
diff --git a/src/or/rendservice.c b/src/or/rendservice.c
index 4d04da02aa..c04f5bb6e7 100644
--- a/src/or/rendservice.c
+++ b/src/or/rendservice.c
@@ -3930,6 +3930,10 @@ rend_consider_services_intro_points(void)
     smartlist_clear(exclude_nodes);
     smartlist_clear(retry_nodes);
 
+    /* Cleanup the invalid intro points and save the node objects, if any,
+     * in the exclude_nodes and retry_nodes lists. */
+    remove_invalid_intro_points(service, exclude_nodes, retry_nodes, now);
+
     /* This retry period is important here so we don't stress circuit
      * creation. */
     if (now > service->intro_period_started + INTRO_CIRC_RETRY_PERIOD) {
@@ -3939,14 +3943,10 @@ rend_consider_services_intro_points(void)
     } else if (service->n_intro_circuits_launched >=
                MAX_INTRO_CIRCS_PER_PERIOD) {
       /* We have failed too many times in this period; wait for the next
-       * one before we try again. */
+       * one before we try to initiate any more connections. */
       continue;
     }
 
-    /* Cleanup the invalid intro points and save the node objects, if apply,
-     * in the exclude_nodes and retry_nodes list. */
-    remove_invalid_intro_points(service, exclude_nodes, retry_nodes, now);
-
     /* Let's try to rebuild circuit on the nodes we want to retry on. */
     SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(retry_nodes, rend_intro_point_t *, intro) {
       r = rend_service_launch_establish_intro(service, intro);