Even if we're on a platform that supports fast PoW calculation, we should use safe PoWs when we're only utilizing a single core

2013-08-22 12:45:24 -04:00 · 2013-08-22 12:45:24 -04:00 · e65fc0eb4d
commit e65fc0eb4d
parent 28b6b743e3
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--- a/src/proofofwork.py
+++ b/src/proofofwork.py
@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ def _doFastPoW(target, initialHash):
        maxCores = 99999
    if pool_size > maxCores:
        pool_size = maxCores
+
+    if pool_size == 1: # Don't mess around with multiprocessing on a single core machine
+        return _doSafePoW(target, initialHash)
+
    pool = Pool(processes=pool_size)
    result = []
    for i in range(pool_size):