[tor-bugs] #27245 [Core Tor/Tor]: Don't store (micro)descriptor text on the heap so much.

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#27245: Don't store (micro)descriptor text on the heap so much.
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 Reporter:  nickm                                |          Owner:  nickm
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
                                                 |  accepted
 Priority:  Medium                               |      Milestone:  Tor:
                                                 |  0.3.5.x-final
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  035-roadmap-master, 035-triaged-     |  Actual Points:
  in-20180711                                    |
Parent ID:  #27243                               |         Points:
 Reviewer:                                       |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  Sponsor8
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Comment (by nickm):

 after some exploratory work and re-analysis, I think it might be a good
 idea to defer this.  In the profiles, we spent on average .7 MB (3% of the
 directory allocations) on microdescriptor bodies.  There are other places
 we should improve first.

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