[tor-bugs] #7176 [Tor]: Reduced TOR memory consumption for embedded devices

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Fri Oct 26 01:42:54 UTC 2012


#7176: Reduced TOR memory consumption for embedded devices
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    Reporter:  cypherpunks         |        Type:  enhancement                   
      Status:  needs_review        |    Priority:  normal                        
   Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final  |   Component:  Tor                           
     Version:  Tor: unspecified    |    Keywords:  tor-client embedded low-memory
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Comment(by cypherpunks):

 Ok, so I've done some testing and it turns out: a) testing memory
 consumption is harder than I thought, and b) the patches (in whichever
 combination) appear to have little to no effect. I think this is due to
 the length of testing being too short for the benefits of these patches to
 appear. I only tested them for less than an hour each.

 Currently I have all the patches applied and running on my latest build.
 The memory consumption of Tor-alpha is around 11mb. With Tor-alpha vanilla
 (sans patches) the memory usage was the same, 11mb. Compared this with
 Tor, which used 16mb. I am happy keeping the patches on while I continue
 testing. I don't think they'll hurt performance and if they improve the
 memory consumption over extended use then that works for me.

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