Re: [tor-relays] Would be good if Tor were more multithreaded.

2014-01-24 Thread tor
I've added "numCPUs 2" to torrc and restarted via the init script. It does not seem to have made a difference. I presume that's where/how it should have been added? The FAQ says it doesn't do multi-core well. Seems unfortunate - multi-core is everywhere, now. On 01/24/2014 07:41 PM, Sebast

Re: [tor-relays] Would be good if Tor were more multithreaded.

2014-01-24 Thread Mike Perry
The NumCPUs option only causes OnionSkins (circuit creation requests) to be processed on additional threads. This is only a portion of the CPU cost of a tor relay (doesn't include TLS, circuit-level AES, packet handling/memory operations, etc), and now that the network is switching over to the cons

[tor-relays] Would be good if Tor were more multithreaded.

2014-01-24 Thread Sebastian Urbach
Hi, Did you consider the numCPUs option ? -- Mit freundlichen GrĂ¼ssen / Sincerely yours Sebastian Urbach -- Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -

[tor-relays] Would be good if Tor were more multithreaded.

2014-01-24 Thread tor
Here's where top hangs out on Libero. Seems it would be a better situation if Tor would actually use the second core. top - 12:05:07 up 5 days, 21:35, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.43, 0.34 Tasks: 130 total, 2 running, 128 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu0 : 47.2%us, 21.0%sy, 0.0%ni