[tor-bugs] #18322 [Core Tor/Tor]: Log unparseable votes so they can be analysed

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#18322: Log unparseable votes so they can be analysed
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 Reporter:  teor                                 |          Owner:  andrea
     Type:  defect                               |         Status:
 Priority:  Medium                               |  needs_revision
Component:  Core Tor/Tor                         |      Milestone:  Tor:
 Severity:  Normal                               |  0.2.9.x-final
 Keywords:  tor-dos, TorCoreTeam201606, review-  |        Version:
  group-4                                        |     Resolution:
Parent ID:  #17293                               |  Actual Points:  3
 Reviewer:                                       |         Points:  2
                                                 |        Sponsor:
                                                 |  SponsorU-can
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Comment (by nickm):

 > Files we generate here can't be, since they had to fit in process memory
 to get written, but I guess you can make up some weird case where we also
 do the scanning for existing files thing, and the user switches between
 running a 32-bit and a 64-bit Tor on the same directory. I'll switch it to
 uint64_t, though, just to be safe.

 Also there's the case where we get some number of objects that fit into
 address space one at a time, but when you add them up, the sum overflows.

 >What does this mean?

 I have no idea. I'll let you know if I remember.  Sometimes I start
 writing sentences and they just


 wrt all other stuff, I agree with you. :)  Thanks!

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