Improve leader election convergence

[controller.git] / opendaylight / md-sal / sal-akka-raft / src / main / java / org / opendaylight / controller / cluster / raft / behaviors / Candidate.java

diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-akka-raft/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/raft/behaviors/Candidate.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-akka-raft/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/raft/behaviors/Candidate.java
index 4d51922bc22f7c2bc63886989e354cfb0e912288..1205c4bad66ed26e4a305d45612b2881464de533 100644 (file)
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-akka-raft/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/raft/behaviors/Candidate.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-akka-raft/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/raft/behaviors/Candidate.java
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ public class Candidate extends AbstractRaftActorBehavior {
             if (rpc.getTerm() > context.getTermInformation().getCurrentTerm()) {
                 context.getTermInformation().updateAndPersist(rpc.getTerm(), null);
 
+                // The raft paper does not say whether or not a Candidate can/should process a RequestVote in
+                // this case but doing so gains quicker convergence when the sender's log is more up-to-date.
+                if (message instanceof RequestVote) {
+                    super.handleMessage(sender, message);
+                }
+
                 return internalSwitchBehavior(RaftState.Follower);
             }
         }