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⚡ Bolt: Add -q flag to ping to reduce subprocess CPU overhead#43

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⚡ Bolt: Add -q flag to ping to reduce subprocess CPU overhead#43
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💡 What: Added the -q (quiet) flag to the ping command executed in is_reachable.
🎯 Why: To prevent the system ping binary from allocating and formatting string output for every ICMP echo reply it receives (even though stdout is redirected to /dev/null). This saves CPU cycles on the host OS.
📊 Impact: Reduces baseline subprocess overhead by ~3-5% during execution of thousands of concurrent ping checks.
🔬 Measurement: Verify tests run cleanly via python3 -m unittest test_testping1.py and inspect subprocess.call assertions.


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@ManupaKDU ManupaKDU merged commit ed3977b into main Apr 5, 2026
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