[tor-bugs] #16914 [Tor]: improve consensus download decompress performance

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#16914: improve consensus download decompress performance
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     Reporter:  teor         |      Owner:
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.8.x-final
    Component:  Tor          |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.6.10
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by someone_else):

 Replying to [comment:6 nickm]:
 > (Also, do we have any evidence that the realloc calls here actually
 matter?)

 It won't make a performance difference. memcpy is something like 50x
 faster than zlib inflate on current Intel CPUs.

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