From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Adding =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=98--enable-openbsd-malloc=E2=80=99?= configure-flag to Tor. Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:47:11 +0000 Message-ID: <8760kvfo3k.fsf@wasp.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40354) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cYWsm-00046q-FO for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:45:57 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cYWsi-00058L-JS for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:45:56 -0500 Received: from latitanza.investici.org ([2001:888:2000:56::19]:46494) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cYWsi-000580-9q for guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 06:45:52 -0500 In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice , guix-devel@gnu.org Tobias Geerinckx-Rice writes: > Guix, > > On 30/01/17 23:44, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: >> Re: [PATCH] gnu: tor: Add hardening configure-flags. >>=20 >> Applied, thanks. > > Ah, just too late :-) Although this isn't hardening-related. > > I'd like to also add the =E2=80=98--enable-openbsd-malloc=E2=80=99 conf= igure flag to our=20 > Tor . > > Since adding it, I've been able to serve more traffic more reliably on = a=20 > memory-constrained relay =E2=80=94 without any noticable increase in lo= ad. This=20 > might be different on a SoC, although I'd suspect RAM would be the=20 > limiting factor there too. > > To anyone willing to give it a try & give their opinion on the matter:=20 > I'd be very grateful. > > Kind regards, > > T G-R > > PS: Sorry, no patch, because of > > --=20 > Sent from a Web browser. Excuse/enjoy my brevity. > The tradeoff is more CPU load. For tor-relays I know how annoying this can be, but I'm not sure if less RAM, more CPU is a good idea (or any improvement) for the client-only side. I need to read more about this and comment again once I know more. --=20 ng0 -- https://www.inventati.org/patternsinthechaos/