[tor-bugs] #29231 [Core Tor/Tor]: Relays vastly underreport write-total in padding-counts line in extrainfo descriptor

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#29231: Relays vastly underreport write-total in padding-counts line in extrainfo
descriptor
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     Reporter:  arma          |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium        |  Milestone:
    Component:  Core Tor/Tor  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal        |   Keywords:
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 Here is a snippet from WhatsGoingOn's extrainfo descriptor:
 {{{
 write-history 2019-01-27 18:10:06 (86400 s)
 7709989888,6911394816,6582383616,7393989632,6065009664
 read-history 2019-01-27 18:10:06 (86400 s)
 7644498944,6824735744,6550761472,7355173888,6059125760
 [...]
 padding-counts 2019-01-27 22:06:23 (86400 s) bin-size=10000 write-drop=0
 write-pad=220000 write-total=250000 read-drop=0 read-pad=210000 read-
 total=12310000 enabled-read-pad=10000 enabled-read-total=20000 enabled-
 write-pad=10000 enabled-write-total=10000 max-chanpad-timers=6
 }}}

 Notice how the read-total is reasonable compared to read-history, but the
 write-total is way undercounting compared to write-history.

 I suspect that write-total is the wrong one.

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