[tor-bugs] #7528 [Tor]: Directory authority out of memory

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#7528: Directory authority out of memory
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 Reporter:  ln5       |          Owner:                    
     Type:  defect    |         Status:  new               
 Priority:  major     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Component:  Tor       |        Version:                    
 Keywords:  tor-auth  |         Parent:                    
   Points:            |   Actualpoints:                    
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Comment(by ln5):

 This particular machine is not suitable for debugging I'm afraid.

 I'm going to start looking at a couple of other relays; one running as
 an authority in a test network, i.e. without any traffic, and one busy
 exit relay, to see if I can reproduce it in another environment and
 maybe find out more about what triggers it.

 Regarding version, 0.2.4.5-alpha-dev (git-03b32161bc377668) didn't
 crash when running for about two weeks (from Oct 29 to Nov 13). The
 crashing 0.2.4.6-alpha (git-b13c6becc892d971) died in under 6
 days. Prior to that, 0.2.4.3-alpha-dev (git-dc014c97472e3adf) ran for
 10 days without crashing, FWIW. Not sure what configuration might've
 changed between the restarts though, so it's hard to draw any firm
 conclusions from this I'm afraid.

 Current status for maatuska is 378/312 VSZ/RSS. This means a growth of
 about a third of the rate earlier reported. I'm not convinced that the
 bug is in 0.2.4.6-alpha-dev (git-ea893a3c30d0e2ed) but keeping the
 ticket open for a couple of days more.

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