[tor-bugs] #8795 [Tor]: Make #2077 survivable

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#8795: Make #2077 survivable
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks                                |          Owner:                     
     Type:  defect                                     |         Status:  needs_review       
 Priority:  normal                                     |      Milestone:  Tor: 0.2.4.x-final 
Component:  Tor                                        |        Version:  Tor: 0.2.4.12-alpha
 Keywords:  Tor, Permisson denied, getinfo_helper_dir  |         Parent:                     
   Points:                                             |   Actualpoints:                     
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Comment(by andrea):

 This looks okay to me; for testing, maybe we can force a failure by
 exclusive-locking cached-microdescs?  E.g., something like "flock -x
 /var/tor/cached-microdescs sleep <n>" to grab and hold for n seconds.

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