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author | Mike Perry <mikeperry-git@torproject.org> | 2018-11-06 01:25:45 +0000 |
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committer | Mike Perry <mikeperry-git@torproject.org> | 2018-11-06 01:25:45 +0000 |
commit | 98e6c6637424fd1a887550a7336f193f6b84d50a (patch) | |
tree | 2e0f9611f0c719b9e594dc37c2e974cede96a8b5 /proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt | |
parent | 470bde64e6d1161b0bcf0b266aa67ecbdd016774 (diff) | |
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Prop #254: The infinity bin is also special.
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diff --git a/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt b/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt index 8cad35d..19ab6ce 100644 --- a/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt +++ b/proposals/254-padding-negotiation.txt @@ -201,14 +201,15 @@ are defined: * Closest -- Remove from the closest non-empty bin by index * Closest_time -- Remove from the closest non-empty bin by index, by time -When all bins are empty in a histogram, the padding machine emits the internal -"bins empty" event to itself. +When all bins exept the infinity bin are empty in a histogram, the padding +machine emits the internal "bins empty" event to itself. Bin 0 and the bin before the infinity bin both have special rules for purposes of token removal. While removing tokens, all values less than bin 0 are treated as part of bin 0, and all values greater than start_usec+rtt_estimate+range_sec are treated as part of the bin before the -infinity bin. +infinity bin. Tokens are not removed from the infinity bin when non-padding is +sent. (They are only removed when an "infinite" delay is chosen). 3.2. State Machine Selection |