Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.140.2.7 -r1.140.2.8
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl	8 Oct 2015 19:21:59 -0000	1.140.2.7
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl	10 Oct 2015 17:57:53 -0000	1.140.2.8
@@ -4652,11 +4652,61 @@
 }
 
 ad_proc ad_tmpdir {} {
-    conveniece function to return the tmp directory
+    Convenience function to return the tmp directory
 } {
     return [ns_config ns/parameters tmpdir]
 }
 
+if { [apm_first_time_loading_p] } {
+    nsv_set ad_html_procs mutex [ns_mutex create]
+}
+
+#
+# Experimental disk-cache, to test whether this can speed up openacs forums threads
+# Documentation follows
+#
+ad_proc -public util::disk_cache_flush {
+    -key:required
+    -id:required
+} {
+} {
+    set dir [ad_tmpdir]/$key
+    foreach file [flib -nocomplain $dir/$id-*] {
+        file delete $file
+        ns_log notice "FLUSH file delete $file"
+    }
+}
+
+ad_proc -public util::disk_cache_eval {
+    -call:required
+    -key:required
+    -id:required
+} {
+} {
+    set cache [::parameter::get_from_package_key \
+		 -package_key acs-tcl \
+		 -parameter DiskCache \
+		 -default 1]
+    if {$cache} {
+        set hash [ns_sha1 $call]
+        set dir [ad_tmpdir]/$key
+        set file_mame $dir/$id-$hash
+        ns_mutex eval [nsv_get ad_html_procs mutex] {
+            if {![file isdirectory $dir]} {file mkdir $dir}
+            if {[file readable $file_mame]} {
+                set result [template::util::read_file $file_mame]
+            } else {
+                set result [{*}$call]
+                template::util::write_file $file_mame $result
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        set result [{*}$call]
+    }
+    return $result
+}
+
+
 # Local variables:
 #    mode: tcl
 #    tcl-indent-level: 4
Index: openacs-4/packages/forums/lib/message/row.tcl
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/forums/lib/message/row.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.12.2.1 -r1.12.2.2
--- openacs-4/packages/forums/lib/message/row.tcl	12 Sep 2015 11:06:24 -0000	1.12.2.1
+++ openacs-4/packages/forums/lib/message/row.tcl	10 Oct 2015 17:57:53 -0000	1.12.2.2
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@
     set presentation_type ""
 }
 
+#set message(content) [::util::disk_cache_eval \
+                          -call [list ad_html_text_convert -from $message(format) -to text/html -- $message(content)] \
+                          -key fragments \
+                          -id $message(message_id)]
 set message(content) [ad_html_text_convert -from $message(format) -to text/html -- $message(content)]
 
+
 if {$useScreenNameP} {
     acs_user::get -user_id $viewer_id -array user_info
     set message(screen_name) $user_info(screen_name)