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Re: CPU usage since 8.7.1

From: Stefan Eissing via curl-library <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 14:46:35 +0100

> Am 30.10.2025 um 14:38 schrieb Cristian Rodríguez <cristian_at_rodriguez.im>:
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM Gleb Smirnoff via curl-library
> <curl-library_at_lists.haxx.se> wrote:
>
>> --- a/lib/transfer.c
>> +++ b/lib/transfer.c
>> _at__at_ -280,9 +280,10 _at__at_ static CURLcode sendrecv_dl(struct Curl_easy *data,
>>
>> if(bytestoread && data->set.max_recv_speed > 0) {
>> /* In case of speed limit on receiving: if this loop already got
>> - * data, break out. If not, limit the amount of bytes to receive.
>> - * The overall, timed, speed limiting is done in multi.c */
>> - if(total_received)
>> + * a quarter of the quota, break out. We want to stutter a bit
>> + * to keep in the limit, but too small receives will just cost
>> + * cpu unnecessarily. */
>> + if(total_received >= (data->set.max_recv_speed / 4))
>> break;
>> if(data->set.max_recv_speed < (curl_off_t)bytestoread)
>> bytestoread = (size_t)data->set.max_recv_speed;
>>
>> Thanks!
>
>
> This is on an special BSD system or what? because on Linux this is the
> wrong way of doing it.. the kernel can ratelimit your transfers way
> more efficiently using SO_MAX_PACING_RATE

That is for outgoing packets, right=
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Received on 2025-10-30