Memory limits for Tor process

[Vort]

Hello.

I’m running Tor with MaxMemInQueues 1 GB for many years.
But today I noticed that Tor process uses 2 GiB of RAM.
What kind of data Tor may store, which is not limited by MaxMemInQueues?
Is it related to latest attacks?
I guess that increase in consumed memory could have happened today at 01:00 UTC, but I’m not sure, I’m not monitoring it directly.

[Vort]

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@dgoulet

The other option that can help with memory pressure usually is the
“MaxMemInQueues” (man 1 tor). Essentially, it tells “tor” when to start
running its “out of memory handler” (OOM). It is usually set around 75% of your total memory but you could reduce it and see if this helps.

I would although, in the current network conditions, really NOT put it below
2GB.

Selection of 75% of total memory is a strange decision.
Tor easily exceeds 1.33 (1 / 0.75) of MaxMemInQueues.
My record is 3.5 GiB working set with MaxMemInQueues 1 GB.
For selecting of the best value for MaxMemInQueues it is better to know at least approximate formula for maximum total memory consumption of Tor process.

[Vort]

@Vort

My record is 3.5 GiB working set with MaxMemInQueues 1 GB.

With 0.4.7.8 version maximum working set was somewhere near 4.5 GiB.
Then 0.4.7.10 was released and for ~month maximum RAM usage was around 1.6 GiB.
Last week RAM usage started to crawl up and today it is 4.4 GiB again.
Do we need 0.4.7.11 to solve this problem?