Copy-paste description of PathBias params from man page to or.h comment

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o Minor bugfixes:
- Copy-paste description for PathBias params from man page into or.h
comment. Fixes bug 7982.

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/** /**
* Parameters for path-bias detection. * Parameters for path-bias detection.
* @{ * @{
* These options override the default behavior of Tor's (**currently
* experimental**) path bias detection algorithm. To try to find broken or
* misbehaving guard nodes, Tor looks for nodes where more than a certain
* fraction of circuits through that guard fail to get built.
*
* The PathBiasCircThreshold option controls how many circuits we need to
* build through a guard before we make these checks. The
* PathBiasNoticeRate, PathBiasWarnRate and PathBiasExtremeRate options
* control what fraction of circuits must succeed through a guard so we
* won't write log messages. If less than PathBiasExtremeRate circuits
* succeed *and* PathBiasDropGuards is set to 1, we disable use of that
* guard.
*
* When we have seen more than PathBiasScaleThreshold circuits through a
* guard, we scale our observations by 0.5 (governed by the consensus) so
* that new observations don't get swamped by old ones.
*
* By default, or if a negative value is provided for one of these options,
* Tor uses reasonable defaults from the networkstatus consensus document.
* If no defaults are available there, these options default to 150, .70,
* .50, .30, 0, and 300 respectively.
*/ */
int PathBiasCircThreshold; int PathBiasCircThreshold;
double PathBiasNoticeRate; double PathBiasNoticeRate;
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/** /**
* Parameters for path-bias use detection * Parameters for path-bias use detection
* @{ * @{
* Similar to the above options, these options override the default behavior
* of Tor's (**currently experimental**) path use bias detection algorithm.
*
* Where as the path bias parameters govern thresholds for successfully
* building circuits, these four path use bias parameters govern thresholds
* only for circuit usage. Circuits which receive no stream usage are not
* counted by this detection algorithm. A used circuit is considered
* successful if it is capable of carrying streams or otherwise receiving
* well-formed responses to RELAY cells.
*
* By default, or if a negative value is provided for one of these options,
* Tor uses reasonable defaults from the networkstatus consensus document.
* If no defaults are available there, these options default to 20, .80,
* .60, and 100, respectively.
*/ */
int PathBiasUseThreshold; int PathBiasUseThreshold;
double PathBiasNoticeUseRate; double PathBiasNoticeUseRate;