Supply better and less frequent warnings on circID exhaustion

Fixes the surface behavior of #11553

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/or/channel.h b/src/or/channel.h
index 2dca81705..29ba40e32 100644
--- a/src/or/channel.h
+++ b/src/or/channel.h
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ struct channel_s {
   ENUM_BF(circ_id_type_t) circ_id_type:2;
   /** DOCDOC*/
   unsigned wide_circ_ids:1;
+  /** Have we logged a warning about circID exhaustion on this channel? */
+  unsigned warned_circ_ids_exhausted:1;
   /*
    * Which circ_id do we try to use next on this connection?  This is
    * always in the range 0..1<<15-1.
diff --git a/src/or/circuitbuild.c b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
index e47a2780a..2b4d3c311 100644
--- a/src/or/circuitbuild.c
+++ b/src/or/circuitbuild.c
@@ -127,7 +127,14 @@ get_unique_circ_id_by_chan(channel_t *chan)
       /* Make sure we don't loop forever if all circ_id's are used. This
        * matters because it's an external DoS opportunity.
        */
-      log_warn(LD_CIRC,"No unused circ IDs. Failing.");
+      if (! chan->warned_circ_ids_exhausted) {
+        chan->warned_circ_ids_exhausted = 1;
+        log_warn(LD_CIRC,"No unused circIDs found on channel %s wide "
+                 "circID support, with %u inbound and %u outbound circuits. "
+                 "Failing a circuit.",
+                 chan->wide_circ_ids ? "with" : "without",
+                 chan->num_p_circuits, chan->num_n_circuits);
+      }
       return 0;
     }
     test_circ_id |= high_bit;