start the retry delay at 10 ms, double it for every failed attempt which makes

it 10 seconds delay after 11 attempts

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/tests/server/sockfilt.c b/tests/server/sockfilt.c
index 5e13b8ad1..9704eaede 100644
--- a/tests/server/sockfilt.c
+++ b/tests/server/sockfilt.c
@@ -399,13 +399,15 @@ static curl_socket_t sockdaemon(curl_socket_t sock,
 #endif /* ENABLE_IPV6 */
   int flag = 1;
   int rc;
-  int maxretr = 100;
+  int maxretr = 12;
+  int delay= 10;
 
   rc = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
        (void *)&flag, sizeof(flag));
   while ((rc < 0) && maxretr) {
     maxretr--;
-    go_sleep(50);
+    go_sleep(delay);
+    delay *= 2; /* double the sleep for next attempt */
     rc = setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
          (void *)&flag, sizeof(flag));
   }