[tor-bugs] #11476 [Tor]: Try making all memory pool and freelist code off by default, or clear-on-alloc

Fri Apr 11 03:39:55 UTC 2014

#11476: Try making all memory pool and freelist code off by default, or clear-on-
alloc
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 Reporter:  nickm                            |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                           |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                           |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Tor                              |  0.2.5.x-final
 Keywords:  tor-relay security 024-backport  |        Version:
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 We've got mempool.c, and we've got freelists in buf_t.  After recent
 shenanigans, it seems like a good idea to turn them off-by-default to see
 if any platforms actually need them, and have them on only when needed.

 Additionally, we should look to see whether there's any performance hit
 that matters for making them get cleared before they're released.

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