[tor-bugs] #7572 [Tor]: Make relay crypto run on multiple CPU cores

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#7572: Make relay crypto run on multiple CPU cores
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 Reporter:  nickm      |          Owner:  andrea            
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor        |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-relay  |         Parent:  #1749             
   Points:             |   Actualpoints:                    
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 Splitting relay crypto across multiple CPU cores is less essential than
 maybe it once was, now that we can use aesni, but it can still be
 critical-path.  It's likely to become important again if we shift to
 something like Salsa20, or some large-block cipher based on it.

 For information on the planned architecture, see
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/projects/Tor/MultithreadedCrypto

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