[tor-bugs] #27247 [Core Tor/Tor]: Clients are using RAM for cached_dir_t

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#27247: Clients are using RAM for cached_dir_t
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     Reporter:  nickm    |      Owner:  (none)
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium   |  Milestone:  Tor: 0.3.5.x-final
    Component:  Core     |    Version:
  Tor/Tor                |   Keywords:  035-roadmap-master, 035-triaged-
     Severity:  Normal   |  in-20180711
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:  #27243
       Points:           |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:           |
  Sponsor8               |
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 According to the profiles, clients are storing a cached_dir_t object for
 the consensus they have.  This is ridiculous -- they don't need that, and
 they already have it somewhere else.

 Directory caches probably don't need one of these either -- they could
 mmap it instead.

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