[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:
Actual Points:          |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by arma):

 Here's the main culprit:
 {{{
 ==27595== 101,085,224 (15,646,880 direct, 85,438,344 indirect) bytes in
 102,940 blocks are definitely lost in loss record 58 of 58
 ==27595==    at 0x4C28BED: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind
 /vgpreload_memcheck-amd64-linux.so)
 ==27595==    by 0x222FE7: tor_malloc_ (util.c:143)
 ==27595==    by 0x2230E5: tor_malloc_zero_ (util.c:169)
 ==27595==    by 0x16E6E1: microdescs_parse_from_string
 (routerparse.c:4284)
 ==27595==    by 0x121CB4: microdescs_add_to_cache (microdesc.c:159)
 ==27595==    by 0x1E797E: connection_dir_client_reached_eof
 (directory.c:2107)
 ==27595==    by 0x1E7F68: connection_dir_reached_eof (directory.c:2356)
 ==27595==    by 0x1C2406: connection_handle_read (connection.c:4122)
 ==27595==    by 0x11DFE0: conn_read_callback (main.c:718)
 ==27595==    by 0x52D8CCB: event_base_loop (in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
 gnu/libevent-2.0.so.5.1.7)
 ==27595==    by 0x11E974: do_main_loop (main.c:1987)
 ==27595==    by 0x12015D: tor_main (main.c:2703)
 }}}

 I'm running release-0.2.4 (git commit 20d4356c3).

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