rustup is still slow under WSL
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O-linux
O-windows
- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
Problem
We forgot about WSL when making the threading code OS specific.
Steps
- Run rustup in WSL on Windows 10 (a WSL backed to an NTFS volume)
Possible Solution(s)
Perhaps thread always? Or perhaps try to detect WSL?
Notes
Output of rustup --version:
Output of rustup show:
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the rustup slowdown in WSL on Windows 10 with the filesystem backed by NTFS, then trace the OS-specific threading behavior described in the issue. Use the available rustup --version and rustup show outputs while investigating. Done means rustup no longer exhibits the reported slowness under WSL.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100