Lots of microdesc_free() warnings.

A user reported that while using the Tor Browser Bundle 2.4.17 on Mac OS 10.8, their log was filled up with more than a hundred messages saying the following:

[Warning] microdesc_free_(): Bug: microdesc_free() called from src/or/microdesc.c:379, but md was still referenced 1 node(s); held_by_nodes == 1

changed milestone to %Tor: 0.2.4.x-final

added component::core tor/tor md milestone::Tor: 0.2.4.x-final priority::medium resolution::duplicate status::closed tor-client type::defect version::tor 0.2.4.16-rc labels

Strange. Did many other people else see a bunch of these around the same time?

Trac:
Keywords: N/A deleted, tor-client md added
Milestone: N/A to Tor: 0.2.4.x-final
Status: new to needs_information

There was only one person that I saw who reported this issue.

Maybe the type of Mac matters, in addition to the OS X version?

I encountered this message once in RT #13871 (moved) (8-Sept-2013)

The user was using windows 8 and also suffered from a files (write) permission problem.

Attached the log (mircodisc_bug_1.txt)

Trac:
mircodisc_bug_1.txt

Replying to runa:

Maybe the type of Mac matters, in addition to the OS X version?

Response from the user:

It is an iMac 21.5", here are the details:

Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512 MB Software: OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)

The user also said they were able to access the Tor network despite these warnings.

Same here.

Model Name: MacBook Pro Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,1 Processor Name: Intel Core i7 Processor Speed: 2.7 GHz

Vidalia 0.2.21 Tor 0.2.3.25 Qt 4.8.1

[Warning] microdesc_free(): Bug: microdesc_free() called, but md was still referenced 1 node(s); held_by_nodes == 1

Trac:
Username: cryptomyelin

#7164 (moved) the same bug?

It appears so.

Trac:
Status: needs_information to closed
Resolution: N/A to duplicate

closed

mentioned in issue #9813 (moved)

moved to tpo/core/tor#9756 (closed)