[tor-bugs] #16943 [Core Tor/Tor]: Implement prop250 (Random Number Generation During Tor Voting)

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#16943: Implement prop250 (Random Number Generation During Tor Voting)
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 Reporter:  asn                        |          Owner:  dgoulet
     Type:  enhancement                |         Status:  needs_revision
 Priority:  High                       |      Milestone:  Tor:
Component:  Core Tor/Tor               |  0.2.9.x-final
 Severity:  Normal                     |        Version:
 Keywords:  tor-hs, TorCoreTeam201605  |     Resolution:
Parent ID:  #8244                      |  Actual Points:
 Reviewer:  nickm                      |         Points:  large
                                       |        Sponsor:  SponsorR-must
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Comment (by teor):

 #19006 records the following crash on dgoulet's ticket16943_029_02:
 {{{
 Application Specific Information:
 crashed on child side of fork pre-exec
 *** error for object 0x7fb203c032c0: pointer being freed was not allocated


 Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
 0   libsystem_kernel.dylib              0x00007fff9d1a6f06 __pthread_kill
 + 10
 1   libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff8daa84ec pthread_kill +
 90
 2   libsystem_c.dylib                   0x00007fff903bb6e7 abort + 129
 3   libsystem_malloc.dylib              0x00007fff8b468041 free + 425
 4   tor                                 0x00000001060086b1 config_free_all
 + 321 (config.c:841)
 5   tor                                 0x000000010606e233 tor_free_all +
 179 (main.c:3170)
 6   tor                                 0x000000010606e479 tor_cleanup +
 313 (main.c:3239)
 7   tor                                 0x0000000106067c31
 consider_hibernation + 129 (hibernate.c:971)
 8   tor                                 0x000000010606c7ce
 second_elapsed_callback + 590 (main.c:1467)
 9   libevent-2.0.5.dylib                0x0000000106261aa2 event_base_loop
 + 1871
 10  tor                                 0x000000010606c245 do_main_loop +
 1525 (main.c:2560)
 11  tor                                 0x000000010606e586 tor_main + 230
 (main.c:3660)
 12  tor                                 0x0000000105fd8ce9 main + 25
 (tor_main.c:30)
 13  libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff982e35ad start + 1
 }}}

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