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diff --git a/changes/bug9063_redux b/changes/bug9063_redux new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..e6fae72efc --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/bug9063_redux @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ + o Major bugfixes: + - When we have too much memory queued in circuits (according to a new + MaxMemInCellQueues option), close the circuits consuming the most + memory. This prevents us from running out of memory as a relay if + circuits fill up faster than they can be drained. Fixes + bug 9063; bugfix on the 54th commit of Tor. This bug is a further + fix beyond bug 6252, whose fix was merged into 0.2.3.21-rc. + + Also fixes an earlier approach taken in 0.2.4.13-alpha, where we + tried to solve this issue simply by imposing an upper limit on the + number of queued cells for a single circuit. That approach proved to + be problematic, since there are ways to provoke clients to send a + number of cells in excess of any such reasonable limit. + Fixes bug 9072; bugfix on 0.2.4.13-alpha. + |