[tor-bugs] #22255 [Core Tor/Tor]: Frequent OOM kills of tor process

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#22255: Frequent OOM kills of tor process
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 Reporter:  DeS           |          Owner:
     Type:  defect        |         Status:  new
 Priority:  High          |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.0.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major         |     Resolution:
 Keywords:                |  Actual Points:
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 Reviewer:                |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by DeS):

 And the question really boils down to:
 How can a rising number of connections (to tor - nothing else running)
 drain the 4G memory out of the machine when the tor processes itself only
 use about 1G.
 Where does the memory go and why ?

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