2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2fc1cafbf0..03dae6b251 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Thu Aug 16 04:09:19 2007  Masatoshi SEKI  <m_seki@mva.biglobe.ne.jp>
+
+	* lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb (Rinda::TupleSpace#start_keeper): improve 
+	  keeper thread.
+
 Wed Aug 15 13:50:10 2007  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* hash.c (rb_hash_delete_key): delete the entry without calling block.
diff --git a/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb b/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb
index 0a9f27c5c9..69e1780b0f 100644
--- a/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb
+++ b/lib/rinda/tuplespace.rb
@@ -616,11 +616,11 @@ module Rinda
       return if @keeper && @keeper.alive?
       @keeper = Thread.new do
         while true
+          sleep(@period)
           synchronize do
             break unless need_keeper?
             keep_clean
           end
-          sleep(@period)
         end
       end
     end