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-rw-r--r--changes/bug188153
-rw-r--r--src/or/circuituse.c7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/changes/bug18815 b/changes/bug18815
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb504b2a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug18815
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ o Minor features (performance):
+ - When fetching a consensus for the first time, use optimistic data.
+ This saves a round-trip during startup. Closes ticket 18815.
diff --git a/src/or/circuituse.c b/src/or/circuituse.c
index 31003ea095..e4eef2cf6c 100644
--- a/src/or/circuituse.c
+++ b/src/or/circuituse.c
@@ -2141,10 +2141,11 @@ optimistic_data_enabled(void)
{
const or_options_t *options = get_options();
if (options->OptimisticData < 0) {
- /* XXX023 consider having auto default to 1 rather than 0 before
- * the 0.2.3 branch goes stable. See bug 3617. -RD */
+ /* Note: this default was 0 before #18815 was merged. We can't take the
+ * parameter out of the consensus until versions before that are all
+ * obsolete. */
const int32_t enabled =
- networkstatus_get_param(NULL, "UseOptimisticData", 0, 0, 1);
+ networkstatus_get_param(NULL, "UseOptimisticData", /*default*/ 1, 0, 1);
return (int)enabled;
}
return options->OptimisticData;