Dear list members,
I asked Mikhail Belous for a quick status update regarding the multithread feature for the tor-daemon.
Here's what he said:
Good news: My version of multi-thread tor passes the test and doesn't shows mem racing problems. Bad news: 1)Processing channel is only big enough operation to be paralysed. Tor daemon uses a lot of global variables that should be locked. I have already done this for some resources. 2) Multithread branch is behind master for over 1000 commits. What should be done before release: 1) Merge master in better_workqueue branch. 2) Find all global resources, that are available from command_proccess_cells. I already sent you a list, but it should be checked. 3) Lock all global resources. 4) Code review 5) Compare performance of one thread and multi-thread daemons.
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