[tor-bugs] #4373 [Tor Client]: When we close a conn due to bad CERTS cell, we complain about stuff in our outbuf

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#4373: When we close a conn due to bad CERTS cell, we complain about stuff in our
outbuf
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 Reporter:  arma        |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect      |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  normal      |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.3.x-final
Component:  Tor Client  |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.3.7-alpha
 Keywords:              |         Parent:                    
   Points:              |   Actualpoints:                    
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 While looking at bug #4371, here's what my client said:
 {{{
 Nov 01 04:30:45.000 [warn] Certificate not yet valid: is your system clock
 set incorrectly?
 Nov 01 04:30:45.000 [warn] (certificate lifetime runs from Nov  1 12:15:08
 2011 GMT through Oct 31 12:15:08 2012 GMT. Your time is Nov 01 08:30:45
 2011 GMT.)
 Nov 01 04:30:45.000 [notice] We stalled too much while trying to write 512
 bytes to address "120.50.40.184".  If this happens a lot, either something
 is wrong with your network connection, or something is wrong with theirs.
 (fd 14, type OR, state 7, marked at command.c:995).
 }}}

 Looks like we had already written our netinfo cell to the outbuf, but
 hadn't flushed it. Since I'm a client and this was an OR connection, it
 gets to be severity notice. Fun.

 For the client side, I think this bug might be resolved by the proposed
 fix to #4361.

 But my directory authority experiences something similar:
 Nov 01 06:04:10.000 [info] conn_close_if_marked(): Conn (addr
 "120.50.40.184", fd 1609, type OR, state 7) marked, but wants to flush 916
 bytes. (Marked at command.c:995) Nov 01 06:04:10.000 [info]
 conn_close_if_marked(): We stalled too much while trying to write 916
 bytes to address "120.50.40.184".  If this happens a lot, either something
 is wrong with your network connection, or something is wrong with theirs.
 (fd 1609, type OR, state 7, marked at command.c:995).
 I wonder what's sitting in its outbuf.

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