[or-cvs] [tor/maint-0.2.2] Explain soft shutdown mode a little better in the accountingmax documentation
nickm at torproject.org
nickm at torproject.org
Wed Jan 26 16:49:14 UTC 2011
commit 1dd98891d74cbd7e4e64b0943254dc4a78fb658e
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date: Wed Jan 26 11:45:37 2011 -0500
Explain soft shutdown mode a little better in the accountingmax documentation
---
doc/tor.1.txt | 4 +++-
1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt
index c8608eb..8fe73b0 100644
--- a/doc/tor.1.txt
+++ b/doc/tor.1.txt
@@ -900,7 +900,9 @@ is non-zero):
period, or receive more than that number in the period. For example, with
AccountingMax set to 1 GB, a server could send 900 MB and receive 800 MB
and continue running. It will only hibernate once one of the two reaches 1
- GB. When the number of bytes is exhausted, Tor will hibernate until some
+ GB. When the number of bytes gets low, Tor will stop accepting new
+ connections and circuits. When the number of bytes
+ is exhausted, Tor will hibernate until some
time in the next accounting period. To prevent all servers from waking at
the same time, Tor will also wait until a random point in each period
before waking up. If you have bandwidth cost issues, enabling hibernation
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