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+ o Major feature (scheduler, channel):
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+ - Introducing the KIST scheduler which stands for Kernel Informed Socket
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+ Transport. It is only available on Linux systems. This comes from a
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+ researched and published paper you can find here:
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+ http://www.robgjansen.com/publications/kist-sec2014.pdf
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+ https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01044
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+ This is also a major refactoring of the entire scheduler subsystem in
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+ order for it to be more modular and thus much more easier to add more
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+ scheduler type later. The current scheduler has been named "Vanilla" but
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+ we favor KIST if available in this version.
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+ A new torrc option has been added and named "Schedulers type1,type2,..."
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+ which allows a user to select which scheduler type it wants tor to use.
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+ It is also possible to change it at runtime. It is an ordered list by
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+ priority. KIST might not be available on all platforms so there is a
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+ fallback to "KISTLite" that uses the same mechanisms but without the
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+ kernel support.
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+ The current default values are: Schedulers KIST,KISTLite,Vanilla.
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+ Closes ticket 12541.
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