[freenet-dev] Fast swapping

[Michael Rogers]

toad wrote:
> The problem is that a lot of the time the node is actually not engaged
> in a swap, but waiting for a search to find somebody to swap with who
> isn't locked. 5/6ths or so of all swap attempts result in failure due to
> the other side already being locked. If a node sends a request out, it
> is locked until that request completes, is rejected, or times out.

Ah thanks, I see what you mean now. So nodes will spend less of their 
time locked because the first node they ask will add them to the queue 
rather than rejecting them? And that will allow nodes to spend less time 
searching for swaps and more time executing them?

Cheers,
Michael