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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:52:23 -0700
From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net>
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Subject: Re: bin/166483: if_nametoindex sends un-initialized bytes to ioctl
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I think we would probably want to put the proposed change under #ifdef
PURIFY -- the initialization is not necessary since the uninitialized
part is never touched for the whole codepath.

Just my $0.02.

Cheers,
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