- client: if we're going to do a scheduler RPC for reasons

other than work fetch (e.g., user request, project request)
    temporarily clear resource backoffs while deciding
    whether to request work.
    The backoffs are there only to delay RPCs,
    and we're going an RPC anyway.

svn path=/trunk/boinc/; revision=17416

checkin_notes

@@ -2405,3 +2405,14 @@ David  27 Feb 2009
     client/
         rr_sim.cpp
         work_fetch.cpp
+
+David  1 Mar 2009
+    - client: if we're going to do a scheduler RPC for reasons
+        other than work fetch (e.g., user request, project request)
+        temporarily clear resource backoffs while deciding
+        whether to request work.
+        The backoffs are there only to delay RPCs,
+        and we're going an RPC anyway.
+
+    client/
+        work_fetch.cpp

client/work_fetch.cpp

@@ -349,9 +349,17 @@ void WORK_FETCH::compute_work_request(PROJECT* p) {
         return;
     }
 
-    // see if this is the project we'd ask for work anyway
+    // See if this is the project we'd ask for work anyway.
+    // Temporarily clear resource backoffs,
+    // since we're going to contact this project in any case.
     //
+    double cpu_save = p->cpu_pwf.backoff_time;
+    double cuda_save = p->cuda_pwf.backoff_time;
+    p->cpu_pwf.backoff_time = 0;
+    p->cuda_pwf.backoff_time = 0;
     PROJECT* pbest = choose_project();
+    p->cpu_pwf.backoff_time = cpu_save;
+    p->cuda_pwf.backoff_time = cuda_save;
     if (p == pbest) return;
 
     // if not, don't request any work

doc/boinc_news.php

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 <?
 
 $project_news = array(
+array("February 27, 2009",
+    "We have rolled back to 6.4.5 for our latest stable version until 6.4.7 can be built. Something happened to 6.4.6 on our mirrors."
+),
 array("February 17, 2009",
     "A new add-on program for Windows,
     <a href=http://boinc.berkeley.edu/addon_item.php?platform=win&item=http%3A%2F%2Fefmer.eu%2Fboinc%2F>TThrottle</a>,