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| -rw-r--r-- | changes/bug4518 | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/or/cpuworker.c | 14 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug4518 b/changes/bug4518 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8dcb93bf7 --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug4518 @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ + o Minor bugfixes (performance): + - Avoid frequent calls to the fairly expensive cull_wedged_cpuworkers + function. This was eating up hideously large amounts of time on some + busy servers. Fixes bug 4518. diff --git a/src/or/cpuworker.c b/src/or/cpuworker.c index c5e4863f7..9d196d36e 100644 --- a/src/or/cpuworker.c +++ b/src/or/cpuworker.c @@ -446,9 +446,19 @@ assign_onionskin_to_cpuworker(connection_t *cpuworker, { char qbuf[1]; char tag[TAG_LEN]; + time_t now = approx_time(); + static time_t last_culled_cpuworkers = 0; - cull_wedged_cpuworkers(); - spawn_enough_cpuworkers(); + /* Checking for wedged cpuworkers requires a linear search over all + * connections, so let's do it only once a minute. + */ +#define CULL_CPUWORKERS_INTERVAL 60 + + if (last_culled_cpuworkers + CULL_CPUWORKERS_INTERVAL <= now) { + cull_wedged_cpuworkers(); + spawn_enough_cpuworkers(); + last_culled_cpuworkers = now; + } if (1) { if (num_cpuworkers_busy == num_cpuworkers) { |