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Diffstat (limited to 'src/common/compat_libevent.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/common/compat_libevent.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/common/compat_libevent.c b/src/common/compat_libevent.c index 6d89be804b..ddb2da68aa 100644 --- a/src/common/compat_libevent.c +++ b/src/common/compat_libevent.c @@ -177,11 +177,28 @@ tor_libevent_initialize(void) #endif #ifdef HAVE_EVENT2_EVENT_H - the_event_base = event_base_new(); + { + struct event_config *cfg = event_config_new(); + tor_assert(cfg); + + /* In 0.2.2, we don't use locking at all. Telling Libevent not to try to + * turn it on can avoid a needless socketpair() attempt. + */ + event_config_set_flag(cfg, EVENT_BASE_FLAG_NOLOCK); + + the_event_base = event_base_new_with_config(cfg); + + event_config_free(cfg); + } #else the_event_base = event_init(); #endif + if (!the_event_base) { + log_err(LD_GENERAL, "Unable to initialize Libevent: cannot continue."); + exit(1); + } + #if defined(HAVE_EVENT_GET_VERSION) && defined(HAVE_EVENT_GET_METHOD) /* Making this a NOTICE for now so we can link bugs to a libevent versions * or methods better. */ |