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	===Milestones===		===Milestones===
	* 2009-10-22: [http://github.com/dankamongmen/libtorque/commit/e7429294beb9dc581a7cdab2371d2ddca3169047 First commit] (e7429294beb9dc581a7cdab2371d2ddca3169047)		* 2009-10-22: [http://github.com/dankamongmen/libtorque/commit/e7429294beb9dc581a7cdab2371d2ddca3169047 First commit] (e7429294beb9dc581a7cdab2371d2ddca3169047)
	* 2009-11-12: CSE 6230 checkpoint (see [~~http~~://~~dank~~.~~qemfd.net~~/tabpower/cse6230proposal.pdf proposal])		* 2009-11-12: CSE 6230 checkpoint (see [https://nick-black.com/tabpower/cse6230proposal.pdf proposal])
	* 2009-11-13: CS 8001-CAS [http://comparch.gatech.edu/arch_whisky/fall09.html Arch-Whiskey] presentation		* 2009-11-13: CS 8001-CAS [http://comparch.gatech.edu/arch_whisky/fall09.html Arch-Whiskey] presentation
	* 2009-12-10: CSE 6230 [~~http~~://~~dank~~.~~qemfd.net~~/tabpower/cse6230finalpaper.pdf final report] (again, see proposal)		* 2009-12-10: CSE 6230 [https://nick-black.com/tabpower/cse6230finalpaper.pdf final report] (again, see proposal)
	* 2010-01-24: [http://www.usenix.org/events/hotpar10/cfp/ HotPar 2010] submission deadline		* 2010-01-24: [http://www.usenix.org/events/hotpar10/cfp/ HotPar 2010] submission deadline

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Resources

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	** Lots of good data in the [http://github.com/dankamongmen/libtorque/blob/master/README README!]		** Lots of good data in the [http://github.com/dankamongmen/libtorque/blob/master/README README!]
	** <tt>git clone</tt> from git://github.com/dankamongmen/libtorque.git		** <tt>git clone</tt> from git://github.com/dankamongmen/libtorque.git
	* [http://www.bugzilla.org/ bugzilla], hosted here on ~~http~~://~~dank~~.~~qemfd.net~~/bugzilla/. See [[#Current_Issues\|below]] for a snapshot bug report.		* [http://www.bugzilla.org/ bugzilla], hosted here on https://nick-black.com/bugzilla/. See [[#Current_Issues\|below]] for a snapshot bug report.
	* A [[Media:Libtorque-presentation.pdf\|presentation]] I did for GT's [http://comparch.gatech.edu/arch_whisky/fall09.html Arch-Whiskey] seminar, 2009-11-13		* A [[Media:Libtorque-presentation.pdf\|presentation]] I did for GT's [http://comparch.gatech.edu/arch_whisky/fall09.html Arch-Whiskey] seminar, 2009-11-13
	* Fo sho there's a [http://groups.google.com/group/libtorque-devel mailing list]!		* Fo sho there's a [http://groups.google.com/group/libtorque-devel mailing list]!

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History

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	<tt>libtorque</tt>, under that name, began as a project for Professor [http://vuduc.org/ Rich Vuduc's] Fall 2009 [[High Performance Parallel Computing\|CSE6230]]. It really began gestating in three parts:		<tt>libtorque</tt>, under that name, began as a project for Professor [http://vuduc.org/ Rich Vuduc's] Fall 2009 [[High Performance Parallel Computing\|CSE6230]]. It really began gestating in three parts:
	* Work on intrusion prevention at [http://www.reflexsystems.com/ Reflex] got me hooked on automata-based networking activations and [[Fast UNIX Servers\|fast networking]]		* Work on intrusion prevention at [http://www.reflexsystems.com/ Reflex] got me hooked on automata-based networking activations and [[Fast UNIX Servers\|fast networking]]
	* Work on [[ICAP]] servers and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy reverse proxies] at [http://www.mcafee.com/ McAfee], especially <tt>snare</tt>, got me thinking about networking ~~API's~~		* Work on [[ICAP]] servers and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_proxy reverse proxies] at [http://www.mcafee.com/ McAfee], especially <tt>snare</tt>, got me thinking about networking APIs
	* Professor [http://www.cc.gatech.edu/directory/faculty/faculty/school-of-computer-science/directory/thomas-conte Tom Conte's] Spring 2009 "CS 8803 MCA: Multicore and Manycore Architecture" lit up the parallelism fire		* Professor [http://www.cc.gatech.edu/directory/faculty/faculty/school-of-computer-science/directory/thomas-conte Tom Conte's] Spring 2009 "CS 8803 MCA: Multicore and Manycore Architecture" lit up the parallelism fire

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	* 2010-01-24: [http://www.usenix.org/events/hotpar10/cfp/ HotPar 2010] submission deadline		* 2010-01-24: [http://www.usenix.org/events/hotpar10/cfp/ HotPar 2010] submission deadline

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	==Corrections==		==Corrections==
	* Marc Lehmann of the [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] project pointed out some errors regarding my characterization of that library. Thanks, Marc!		* Marc Lehmann of the [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] project pointed out some errors regarding my characterization of that library. Thanks, Marc!
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Dank at 01:49, 24 January 2012

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	==~~Thanks~~==		==Corrections==
	* Marc Lehmann of the [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] project pointed out some errors regarding my characterization of that library. Thanks, Marc!		* Marc Lehmann of the [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] project pointed out some errors regarding my characterization of that library. Thanks, Marc!
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Dank at 01:49, 24 January 2012

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			==Thanks==
			* Marc Lehmann of the [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] project pointed out some errors regarding my characterization of that library. Thanks, Marc!
	[[Category: Projects]]		[[Category: Projects]]

Dank: per request of Marc Lehmann, reword references to libev et al entirely neutrally

2012-01-24T01:45:22Z

per request of Marc Lehmann, reword references to libev et al entirely neutrally

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	<tt>libtorque</tt> is a multithreaded event library for UNIX designed to take full advantage of the manycore, heterogenous, [[NUMA]] future. The [[media:Libtorque-proposal.pdf\|project proposal]] suggests motivation for <tt>libtorque</tt>: I believe it necessary to take scheduling and memory-placement decisions into account to most optimally handle events, especially on manycore machines and ''especially'' to handle unexpected traffic sets (denial of service attacks, oversubscribed pipes, mixed-latency connections, etc). Along the way, I intend to shake up the UNIX programming idiom; my hope is that <tt>libtorque</tt> leads to more network programmers thinking about the complex issues involved, but simplifies rather than aggravates a task already fraught with difficulty.		<tt>libtorque</tt> is a multithreaded event library for UNIX designed to take full advantage of the manycore, heterogenous, [[NUMA]] future. The [[media:Libtorque-proposal.pdf\|project proposal]] suggests motivation for <tt>libtorque</tt>: I believe it necessary to take scheduling and memory-placement decisions into account to most optimally handle events, especially on manycore machines and ''especially'' to handle unexpected traffic sets (denial of service attacks, oversubscribed pipes, mixed-latency connections, etc). Along the way, I intend to shake up the UNIX programming idiom; my hope is that <tt>libtorque</tt> leads to more network programmers thinking about the complex issues involved, but simplifies rather than aggravates a task already fraught with difficulty.

	~~Similar~~ open source event libraries include [http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ libevent], [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] and [http://liboop.ofb.net liboop].		Other open source event libraries include [http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ libevent], [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] and [http://liboop.ofb.net liboop].

	==Resources==		==Resources==

Dank: Undo revision 4807 by Dank (talk)

2012-01-22T14:56:21Z

Undo revision 4807 by Dank (talk)

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	* Works on (refcounted) loop contexts, with an implicit "default" loop.		* Works on (refcounted) loop contexts, with an implicit "default" loop.
	* <tt>ev_signal_init</tt> operates on an <tt>int</tt> signal rather than a <tt>sigset_t</tt>		* <tt>ev_signal_init</tt> operates on an <tt>int</tt> signal rather than a <tt>sigset_t</tt>
			** it doesn't compile under -fstrict-aliasing (use -Werror and -Wstrict-aliasing) :/

	==Miscellanea==		==Miscellanea==

Dank at 14:42, 22 January 2012

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	* Works on (refcounted) loop contexts, with an implicit "default" loop.		* Works on (refcounted) loop contexts, with an implicit "default" loop.
	* <tt>ev_signal_init</tt> operates on an <tt>int</tt> signal rather than a <tt>sigset_t</tt>		* <tt>ev_signal_init</tt> operates on an <tt>int</tt> signal rather than a <tt>sigset_t</tt>
	** it doesn't compile under -fstrict-aliasing (use -Werror and -Wstrict-aliasing) :/

	==Miscellanea==		==Miscellanea==

Dank at 14:37, 22 January 2012

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	<tt>libtorque</tt> is a multithreaded event library for UNIX designed to take full advantage of the manycore, heterogenous, [[NUMA]] future. The [[media:Libtorque-proposal.pdf\|project proposal]] suggests motivation for <tt>libtorque</tt>: I believe it necessary to take scheduling and memory-placement decisions into account to most optimally handle events, especially on manycore machines and ''especially'' to handle unexpected traffic sets (denial of service attacks, oversubscribed pipes, mixed-latency connections, etc). Along the way, I intend to shake up the UNIX programming idiom; my hope is that <tt>libtorque</tt> leads to more network programmers thinking about the complex issues involved, but simplifies rather than aggravates a task already fraught with difficulty.		<tt>libtorque</tt> is a multithreaded event library for UNIX designed to take full advantage of the manycore, heterogenous, [[NUMA]] future. The [[media:Libtorque-proposal.pdf\|project proposal]] suggests motivation for <tt>libtorque</tt>: I believe it necessary to take scheduling and memory-placement decisions into account to most optimally handle events, especially on manycore machines and ''especially'' to handle unexpected traffic sets (denial of service attacks, oversubscribed pipes, mixed-latency connections, etc). Along the way, I intend to shake up the UNIX programming idiom; my hope is that <tt>libtorque</tt> leads to more network programmers thinking about the complex issues involved, but simplifies rather than aggravates a task already fraught with difficulty.

	~~Previous, non-threaded~~ open source event libraries include [http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ libevent], [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] and [http://liboop.ofb.net liboop].		Similar open source event libraries include [http://www.monkey.org/~provos/libevent/ libevent], [http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html libev] and [http://liboop.ofb.net liboop].

	==Resources==		==Resources==