commit 588eab6792581d9d9d23de3f3fa6290aebdb1cad
parent c2d558b955def24acd6150145fc1d3091f7ab3a3
Author: dzwdz <not@dzwdz.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:57:37 +0200
clean up MaxHSDirCacheBytes docs
slop? in my tor(1)? more likely than you think
I don't think any other entries use "Default" lke this, and the repetition
seems pointless. The historical context was broken off to keep the "main" part
short and tidy.
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/man/tor.1.txt b/doc/man/tor.1.txt
@@ -2432,11 +2432,12 @@ is non-zero):
[[MaxHSDirCacheBytes]] **MaxHSDirCacheBytes** __N__ **bytes**|**KBytes**|**MBytes**|**GBytes**::
This option configures a threshold of Hidden Service Directory memory
consumption above which your Tor relay will begin to prune the least-frequently
- accessed hidden service descriptors from the relay's HSDir cache. This pruning used
- to be done as part of MaxMemInQueues, but it has been decoupled to allow more
- fine-grained control of descriptor cache size under DDoS conditions. This
- option defaults to 20% of the MaxMemInQueues size, which itself defaults to
- an automatically determined value based on system memory. (Default: 20% MaxMemInQueues)
+ accessed hidden service descriptors from the relay's HSDir cache.
+ If set to 0, this will default to 20% of MaxMemInQueues. (Default: 0) +
+ +
+ This pruning used to be done as part of MaxMemInQueues, but it has been
+ decoupled to allow more fine-grained control of descriptor cache size under
+ DDoS conditions.
[[MaxMemInQueues]] **MaxMemInQueues** __N__ **bytes**|**KBytes**|**MBytes**|**GBytes**::
This option configures a threshold above which Tor will assume that it