Stop discarding downloaded full descriptors when using microdescs for circuits

This affects clients with FetchUselessDescriptors 1.

It might also cause subtle bugs on directory mirrors and authorities,
causing them to consider all full descriptors as failed or old.

diff --git a/changes/bug20839 b/changes/bug20839
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..c290097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug20839
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (descriptors):
+    - Correctly recognise downloaded full descriptors as valid, even when
+      using microdescriptors as circuits. This affects clients with
+      FetchUselessDescriptors set, and may affect directory authorities.
+      Fixes bug 20839; bugfix on commit 6083276 in 0.2.3.2-alpha.

diff --git a/src/or/routerlist.c b/src/or/routerlist.c
index 9d5b74d8b684a5e6fa860e7affe3ea8e7c06ca72..9bcca76b63c60d15b41f8e18c0f239a18fff07f9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/or/routerlist.c
+++ b/src/or/routerlist.c
@@ -3896,7 +3896,7 @@ router_add_to_routerlist(routerinfo_t *router, const char **msg,
                router_describe(router));
       *msg = "Router descriptor is not referenced by any network-status.";
 
-      /* Only journal this desc if we'll be serving it. */
+      /* Only journal this desc if we want to keep old descriptors */
       if (!from_cache && should_cache_old_descriptors())
         signed_desc_append_to_journal(&router->cache_info,
                                       &routerlist->desc_store);
@@ -4526,13 +4526,14 @@ router_load_extrainfo_from_string(const char *s, const char *eos,
   smartlist_free(extrainfo_list);
 }
 
-/** Return true iff any networkstatus includes a descriptor whose digest
- * is that of <b>desc</b>. */
+/** Return true iff the latest ns-flavored consensus includes a descriptor
+ * whose digest is that of <b>desc</b>. */
 static int
 signed_desc_digest_is_recognized(signed_descriptor_t *desc)
 {
   const routerstatus_t *rs;
-  networkstatus_t *consensus = networkstatus_get_latest_consensus();
+  networkstatus_t *consensus = networkstatus_get_latest_consensus_by_flavor(
+                                                                      FLAV_NS);
 
   if (consensus) {
     rs = networkstatus_vote_find_entry(consensus, desc->identity_digest);