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diff --git a/src/or/connection_or.c b/src/or/connection_or.c
index a967c93aca..994449419e 100644
--- a/src/or/connection_or.c
+++ b/src/or/connection_or.c
@@ -488,6 +488,28 @@ var_cell_new(uint16_t payload_len)
return cell;
}
+/**
+ * Copy a var_cell_t
+ */
+
+var_cell_t *
+var_cell_copy(const var_cell_t *src)
+{
+ var_cell_t *copy = NULL;
+ size_t size = 0;
+
+ if (src != NULL) {
+ size = STRUCT_OFFSET(var_cell_t, payload) + src->payload_len;
+ copy = tor_malloc_zero(size);
+ copy->payload_len = src->payload_len;
+ copy->command = src->command;
+ copy->circ_id = src->circ_id;
+ memcpy(copy->payload, src->payload, copy->payload_len);
+ }
+
+ return copy;
+}
+
/** Release all space held by <b>cell</b>. */
void
var_cell_free(var_cell_t *cell)
@@ -2060,6 +2082,19 @@ connection_or_process_cells_from_inbuf(or_connection_t *conn)
{
var_cell_t *var_cell;
+ /*
+ * Note on memory management for incoming cells: below the channel layer,
+ * we shouldn't need to consider its internal queueing/copying logic. It
+ * is safe to pass cells to it on the stack or on the heap, but in the
+ * latter case we must be sure we free them later.
+ *
+ * The incoming cell queue code in channel.c will (in the common case)
+ * decide it can pass them to the upper layer immediately, in which case
+ * those functions may run directly on the cell pointers we pass here, or
+ * it may decide to queue them, in which case it will allocate its own
+ * buffer and copy the cell.
+ */
+
while (1) {
log_debug(LD_OR,
TOR_SOCKET_T_FORMAT": starting, inbuf_datalen %d "