DAOS-279 server: Zero timeout_elapsed for leaders
If raft_become_candidate() assigns a negative value e (i.e.,
-election_timeout < e < 0) to timeout_elapsed, and if this replica
successfully becomes the leader, then this leader won't send heartbeats
for request_timeout - e milliseconds. This may be longer than
election_timeout and cause an unnecessary leadership change.
This patch zeroes timeout_elapsed in raft_become_leader(), randomizes
election timeouts in [election_timeout, 2 * election_timeout), and fixes
raft_recv_appendentries() to avoid zeroing timeout_elapsed if the AE
request has an older term.
Signed-off-by:
Li Wei <wei.g.li@intel.com>
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