If no status updates to emit include a few known nodes

clockworksoul · Jan 8, 2017 · ff89185 · ff89185
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commit ff89185
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diff --git a/membership.go b/membership.go
@@ -455,6 +455,12 @@ func transmitVerbGenericUDP(node *Node, forwardTo *Node, verb messageVerb, code
 
 	// Add members for update.
 	nodes := getRandomUpdatedNodes(pingRequestCount(), node, thisHost)
+
+	// No updates to distribute? Send out a few updates on other known nodes.
+	if len(nodes) == 0 {
+		nodes = knownNodes.getRandomNodes(pingRequestCount(), node, thisHost)
+	}
+
 	for _, n := range nodes {
 		err = msg.addMember(n, n.status, n.heartbeat)