/** Maximum number of queued cells on a circuit for which we are the
* midpoint before we give up and kill it. This must be >= circwindow
- * to avoid killing innocent circuits. The ORCIRC_MAX_MIDDLE_KILL_THRESH
+ * to avoid killing innocent circuits, and >= circwindow*2 to give
+ * leaky-pipe a chance of working someday. The ORCIRC_MAX_MIDDLE_KILL_THRESH
* ratio controls the margin of error between emitting a warning and
* killing the circuit.
*/
-#define ORCIRC_MAX_MIDDLE_CELLS CIRCWINDOW_START_MAX
+#define ORCIRC_MAX_MIDDLE_CELLS (CIRCWINDOW_START_MAX*2)
/** Ratio of hard (circuit kill) to soft (warning) thresholds for the
* ORCIRC_MAX_MIDDLE_CELLS tests.
*/