[tor-bugs] #9639 [Tor]: massive memory leak when starting tor in the absence of /var/lib/tor

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#9639: massive memory leak when starting tor in the absence of /var/lib/tor
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     Reporter:  mr-4    |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal  |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.14-alpha
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:
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Comment (by arma):

 Yes indeed!

 It doesn't work if you delete the datadirectory before Tor starts, since
 then it either creates it (if it can) or exits (if it can't). You need to
 let Tor start and *then* rm -rf the directory.

 {{{
 ==27595== LEAK SUMMARY:
 ==27595==    definitely lost: 15,647,096 bytes in 102,949 blocks
 ==27595==    indirectly lost: 85,442,736 bytes in 927,497 blocks
 ==27595==      possibly lost: 98,178 bytes in 916 blocks
 ==27595==    still reachable: 12,814 bytes in 126 blocks
 ==27595==         suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks
 }}}

 See #9645 for a related bug which is probably even worse.

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