From 48b7d01113a6c1240416896fd1171d9d0a90f58c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vyzo <vyzo@hackzen.org>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 01:17:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] finetune sticky mesh failure penalty parameter

---
 score.go | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/score.go b/score.go
index 7f217b8..0e7f696 100644
--- a/score.go
+++ b/score.go
@@ -383,8 +383,11 @@ func (ps *peerScore) Prune(p peer.ID, topic string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if tstats.meshMessageDeliveriesActive && tstats.meshMessageDeliveries < ps.params.Topics[topic].MeshMessageDeliveriesThreshold {
-		tstats.meshFailurePenalty += 1
+	// sticky mesh delivery rate failure penalty
+	threshold := ps.params.Topics[topic].MeshMessageDeliveriesThreshold
+	if tstats.meshMessageDeliveriesActive && tstats.meshMessageDeliveries < threshold {
+		deficit := threshold - tstats.meshMessageDeliveries
+		tstats.meshFailurePenalty += deficit * deficit
 	}
 
 	tstats.inMesh = false