[tor-bugs] #9574 [Tor]: Process ntor create cells before tap create cells?

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#9574: Process ntor create cells before tap create cells?
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     Reporter:  arma         |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.5.x-final
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  tor-relay, maybe-proposal
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Comment (by mikeperry):

 Well we would still get a considerable benefit from only applying the TAP
 queuing/disabling changes to CREATE cells without hurting hidden service
 INTRO cells.. But yeah, the Linux distros will all be sad. Pretty sure
 none of them ship 0.2.4.x as a stable package yet. Wouldn't be the first
 time we've had to make them sad, but this one would be even more sudden
 and unexpected for them...

 I suppose it depends on if that steep growth rate continues, and what that
 does to the Tor network over the next few days. It will make everybody sad
 if circuit success rates fall to like 10% (and that itself will also start
 to have negative synergistic effects on the CPU overload condition,
 because all the clients will just keep trying to make more circuits). At
 that point, forcing the Linux distributions to upgrade might start to look
 like a favorable choice when compared to no Tor at all.

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