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Re: CVS commit: src/sys/netinet



Erik Fair <fair%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> On Apr 12, 2014, at 05:24, Greg Troxel <gdt%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
>> Module Name: src
>> Committed By:        gdt
>> Date:                Sat Apr 12 12:24:50 UTC 2014
>> 
>> Modified Files:
>>      src/sys/netinet: if_arp.c
>> 
>> Log Message:
>> revarprequest: Avoid leaking mbuf.
>> 
>> In revarprequest, an mbuf could perhaps be leaked in an error path.
>> My reading of the code is that this is not possible, because ar_pro is
>> set to ETHERNET_IP, and ar_tha can only be null in the 1394 case.
>> But, better to have the free call anyway; ar_tha does not have a
>> documented interface contract :-)
>> 
>> Pointed out by Maxime Villard.


> This should be pulled up to netbsd-6

I don't think so; I was able to convince myself by manual static
analysis that the leak condition could never happen.  So I think the
gain/effort ratio isn't high enough to make it worthwhile.  As I see it,
the fix is more about avoiding a future leak than fixing a current one.



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