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-rw-r--r--src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c
index fbd1c27c14..0de6c8cec0 100644
--- a/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c
+++ b/src/resolve/resolved-dns-server.c
@@ -326,11 +326,21 @@ DnsServerFeatureLevel dns_server_possible_feature_level(DnsServer *s) {
log_info("Grace period over, resuming full feature set for DNS server %s", strna(ip));
} else if (s->possible_feature_level <= s->verified_feature_level)
s->possible_feature_level = s->verified_feature_level;
- else if (s->n_failed_attempts >= DNS_SERVER_FEATURE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS &&
- s->possible_feature_level > DNS_SERVER_FEATURE_LEVEL_WORST) {
+ else if (s->n_failed_attempts >= DNS_SERVER_FEATURE_RETRY_ATTEMPTS) {
_cleanup_free_ char *ip = NULL;
- s->possible_feature_level --;
+ /* Switch one feature level down. Except when we are at TCP already, in which case we try UDP
+ * again. Thus, if a DNS server is not responding we'll keep toggling between UDP and TCP until it
+ * responds on one of them. Note that we generally prefer UDP over TCP (which is why it is at a higher
+ * feature level), but many DNS servers support lack TCP support. */
+
+ if (s->possible_feature_level == DNS_SERVER_FEATURE_LEVEL_TCP)
+ s->possible_feature_level = DNS_SERVER_FEATURE_LEVEL_UDP;
+ else {
+ assert(s->possible_feature_level > DNS_SERVER_FEATURE_LEVEL_WORST);
+ s->possible_feature_level --;
+ }
+
s->n_failed_attempts = 0;
s->verified_usec = 0;