Merge branch 'maint-0.4.5'

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c b/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c
index 9688859d66..ee0ddb56ac 100644
--- a/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c
+++ b/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c
@@ -149,9 +149,11 @@ hs_metrics_service_init(hs_service_t *service)
 {
   tor_assert(service);
 
-  /* Calling this function twice on a service object is wrong. The caller must
-   * free the metrics before if so. */
-  if (BUG(service->metrics.store)) {
+  /* This function is called when we register a service and so it could either
+   * be a new service or a service that was just reloaded through a HUP signal
+   * for instance. Thus, it is possible that the service has already an
+   * initialized store. If so, just return. */
+  if (service->metrics.store) {
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/feature/hs/hs_service.c b/src/feature/hs/hs_service.c
index 3e0ecb91e1..e0b79250db 100644
--- a/src/feature/hs/hs_service.c
+++ b/src/feature/hs/hs_service.c
@@ -196,7 +196,9 @@ register_service(hs_service_ht *map, hs_service_t *service)
   if (map == hs_service_map) {
     hs_service_map_has_changed();
   }
-  /* Setup metrics. */
+  /* Setup metrics. This is done here because in order to initialize metrics,
+   * we require tor to have fully initialized a service so the ports of the
+   * service can be looked at for instance. */
   hs_metrics_service_init(service);
 
   return 0;