[tor-bugs] #2149 [Tor Client]: new 'extra dormant' mode for people who never use their tor

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#2149: new 'extra dormant' mode for people who never use their tor
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 Reporter:  arma                 |          Owner:                    
     Type:  enhancement          |         Status:  needs_review      
 Priority:  major                |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor Client           |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  performance scaling  |         Parent:                    
   Points:                       |   Actualpoints:                    
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Changes (by sysrqb):

  * status:  needs_revision => needs_review


Comment:

 Ok, so I ended up revising/rewriting the majority of the original code
 (and simplifying a bit).

 The place I'm not sure about the implementation is in do_main_loop. If we
 start up dormant then we don't know how old the cached statuses are.
 Because of this, I skip over loading the cache files until we have a new
 connection, at that point the current implementation will handle the
 outdated information as needed. Thoughts?

 The new code can be pulled from bug2149-3
 http://gitweb.evolvesoftware.cc/tor.git and I'll attach a patch in case
 there are still problems, also.

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