[tor-bugs] #20103 [Core Tor/Tor]: Crash on OpenBSD: tor invoked from Tor Browser 6.0.4

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#20103: Crash on OpenBSD: tor invoked from Tor Browser 6.0.4
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 Reporter:  attila                       |          Owner:
     Type:  defect                       |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  High                         |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                         |  0.2.9.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                 |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.8.7
 Severity:  Normal                       |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  bug regression 028-backport  |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                               |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by teor):

 The patch looks sensible to me. And it has received some testing on
 OpenBSD, so that's good.

 Replying to [comment:23 nickm]:
 > >are  there things we should do to remove this trap for future
 developers?
 >
 > +1 on those, but let's call it another ticket.

 Don't we have a handle abstraction sitting around somewhere?
 Isn't it exactly what we want here?
 (Of course, that means re-writing every rs access, right?)

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