[tor-bugs] #13603 [Tor]: a lot of IOERRORS if traffic is higher than about 12 MBit/sec

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#13603: a lot of IOERRORS if traffic is higher than about 12 MBit/sec
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     Reporter:  toralf  |      Owner:
         Type:  defect  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  minor   |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor     |    Version:  Tor: 0.2.5.10
   Resolution:          |   Keywords:
Actual Points:          |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by toralf):

 over the Gentoo's distribution script (it is hardened 64 stable Gentoo):
 {{{
 tor-relay ~ # cat /etc/init.d/tor
 #!/sbin/runscript
 # Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-misc/tor/files/tor.initd-r7,v 1.1
 2014/09/23 23:14:00 blueness Exp $

 PIDFILE=/var/run/tor/tor.pid
 CONFFILE=/etc/tor/torrc
 GRACEFUL_TIMEOUT=${GRACEFUL_TIMEOUT:-60}

 # See bug #523552, and
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/5525
 # Graceful = wait 30 secs or so until all connections are properly closed.
 extra_commands="checkconfig"
 extra_started_commands="graceful gracefulstop reload"
 description="Anonymizing overlay network for TCP"
 description_checkconfig="Check for valid config file."
 description_reload="Reload the configuration."
 description_graceful="Gracefully restart."
 description_gracefulstop="Gracefully stop."

 depend() {
         need net
 }

 checkconfig() {
         # first check that it exists
         if [ ! -f ${CONFFILE} ] ; then
                 eerror "You need to setup ${CONFFILE} first"
                 eerror "Example is in ${CONFFILE}.sample"
                 return 1
         fi

         # now verify whether the configuration is valid
         /usr/bin/tor --verify-config -f ${CONFFILE} > /dev/null 2>&1
         if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then
                 einfo "Tor configuration (${CONFFILE}) is valid."
                 return 0
         else
                 eerror "Tor configuration (${CONFFILE}) not valid."
                 /usr/bin/tor --verify-config -f ${CONFFILE}
                 return 1
         fi
 }

 start() {
         checkconfig || return 1
         checkpath -d -m 0755 -o tor:tor /var/run/tor
         ebegin "Starting Tor"
         HOME=/var/lib/tor
         start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" --quiet --exec
 /usr/bin/tor  -- -f "${CONFFILE}" --runasdaemon 1 --PidFile "${PIDFILE}" >
 /dev/null 2>&1
         eend $?
 }

 stop() {
         ebegin "Stopping Tor"
         start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" --exec
 /usr/bin/tor -- --PidFile "${PIDFILE}"
         eend $?
 }

 graceful() {
         gracefulstop
         start
         eend $?
 }

 gracefulstop() {
         ebegin "Gracefully stopping Tor"
         ebegin "This can take up to ${GRACEFUL_TIMEOUT} seconds"
         start-stop-daemon -P --stop --signal INT -R ${GRACEFUL_TIMEOUT}
 --pidfile "${PIDFILE}" --exec /usr/bin/tor -- --PidFile "${PIDFILE}"
         eend $?
 }

 reload() {
         if [ ! -f ${PIDFILE} ]; then
                 eerror "${SVCNAME} isn't running"
                 return 1
         fi
         checkconfig || return 1
         ebegin "Reloading Tor configuration"
         start-stop-daemon --signal HUP --pidfile ${PIDFILE}
         eend $?
 }
 }}}

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