On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 11:01:09AM -0700, coderman wrote: > >Does this mean, I can't do anything about it but restarting my server > >several times per day? > > another possibility is cranking down the xmit/recv buffers for the TCP > sockets Tor is using. this would be a patch to the connection.c stuff > to set a sockopt, like: > > int bufmax = 4 * 1024; /* min 2048, usually 16-32k */ > setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, &bufmax, sizeof(bufmax)); > setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &bufmax, sizeof(bufmax)); > > this would allow you to create enough connections without consuming > over your virtual server limit (at the expense of some performance > penalty for smaller buffers. this probably won't cause a lot of > problem since Tor uses libevent for handling socket i/o...)
Hi coderman, Interesting idea. If you would whip up a patch, I'll add a new config option "CheapServer 1" (suggestions for a better name? ;) and put it in as an experimental feature. Thanks! --Roger
