[tor-commits] [sbws/maint-1.1] fix: doc: Separate Torflow/sbws differences

juga at torproject.org juga at torproject.org
Fri Feb 26 10:17:25 UTC 2021


commit 6e83258c9282d51358c82eb7fc84232dfebfbde3
Author: juga0 <juga at riseup.net>
Date:   Thu Feb 18 12:21:50 2021 +0000

    fix: doc: Separate Torflow/sbws differences
    
    into a new file.
---
 docs/source/differences.rst  | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/source/index.rst        |  3 ++-
 docs/source/torflow_aggr.rst | 35 -----------------------------------
 3 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/source/differences.rst b/docs/source/differences.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f904e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/differences.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+.. _differences:
+
+Differences between Torflow aggregation and sbws scaling (May 2020)
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Torflow does not exclude relays because of having "few" measurements or "close"
+to each other for that relay.
+
+If there are not new measurements for a relay, Torflow uses the previous
+calculated bandwidth, instead of the new value::
+
+      # If there is a new sample, let's use it for all but guards
+      if n.measured_at > prev_votes.vote_map[n.idhex].measured_at:
+
+      [snip]
+
+      else:
+          # Reset values. Don't vote/sample this measurement round.
+          n.revert_to_vote(prev_votes.vote_map[n.idhex])
+
+The oldest measurements Toflow seems to take are from 4 weeks ago, while sbws
+oldest measurements are 5 days old::
+
+    GUARD_SAMPLE_RATE = 2*7*24*60*60 # 2wks
+
+    [snip]
+
+    MAX_AGE = 2*GUARD_SAMPLE_RATE
+
+    [snip]
+
+                # old measurements are probably
+                # better than no measurements. We may not
+                # measure hibernating routers for days.
+                # This filter is just to remove REALLY old files
+                if time.time() - timestamp > MAX_AGE:
diff --git a/docs/source/index.rst b/docs/source/index.rst
index 53c3886..85f8591 100644
--- a/docs/source/index.rst
+++ b/docs/source/index.rst
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ Included in the
    documenting
    how_works
    generator
+   torflow_aggr
+   differences
    code_design
    state
    config
    config_tor
    sbws
-   torflow_aggr
    implementation
    bandwidth_distribution
    tor_bandwidth_files
diff --git a/docs/source/torflow_aggr.rst b/docs/source/torflow_aggr.rst
index bc9420d..e9ae3b6 100644
--- a/docs/source/torflow_aggr.rst
+++ b/docs/source/torflow_aggr.rst
@@ -385,41 +385,6 @@ Per relay scaled bandwidth rounding
 Finally, the new scaled bandwidth is expressed in kilobytes and rounded a number
 of digits.
 
-Differences between Torflow aggregation and sbws scaling (May 2020)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-Torflow does not exclude relays because of having "few" measurements or "close"
-to each other for that relay.
-
-If there are not new measurements for a relay, Torflow uses the previous
-calculated bandwidth, instead of the new value::
-
-      # If there is a new sample, let's use it for all but guards
-      if n.measured_at > prev_votes.vote_map[n.idhex].measured_at:
-
-      [snip]
-
-      else:
-          # Reset values. Don't vote/sample this measurement round.
-          n.revert_to_vote(prev_votes.vote_map[n.idhex])
-
-The oldest measurements Toflow seems to take are from 4 weeks ago, while sbws
-oldest measurements are 5 days old::
-
-    GUARD_SAMPLE_RATE = 2*7*24*60*60 # 2wks
-
-    [snip]
-
-    MAX_AGE = 2*GUARD_SAMPLE_RATE
-
-    [snip]
-
-                # old measurements are probably
-                # better than no measurements. We may not
-                # measure hibernating routers for days.
-                # This filter is just to remove REALLY old files
-                if time.time() - timestamp > MAX_AGE:
-
 
 .. _README.spec.txt: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torflow.git/tree/NetworkScanners/BwAuthority/README.spec.txt
 .. _PID Controller: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PID_controller





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