Re: bin/59046: dhcpd issue

["Christos Zoulas via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/59046; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>
To: 6bone%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/59046: dhcpd issue
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:49:16 -0500

 On 2025-02-05 1:28 am, 6bone%6bone.informatik.uni-leipzig.de@localhost wrote:
 > There seems to be a change in behavior after all. There is a new
 > message in the syslog.
 > 
 > Feb  5 07:02:09 6bone dhcpd[3152]: Null pointer in
 > option_cache_dereference:
 > /usr/src/external/mpl/dhcp/bin/server/../../dist/server/dhcpv6.c(1980)
 > Feb  5 07:02:49 6bone syslogd[813]: last message repeated 260862 times
 > Feb  5 07:04:49 6bone syslogd[813]: last message repeated 890730 times
 
 Perhaps if you compile with -DPOINTER_DEBUG we are going
 to get more information, because the code is going to abort() the first
 time this happens and we'll see the call chain. (I don't see the code
 calling option_cache_dereference din dhcpv6.c:1980...
 
 christos