Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:06:18 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> To: Earl Lapus <earl.lapus@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [ping6] freeaddrinfo() Message-ID: <ygeeijlzi11.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <604f76121003130425u62764f59wa88b398f15540b61@mail.gmail.com> References: <604f76121003130425u62764f59wa88b398f15540b61@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
>>>>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:25:29 +0800
>>>>> Earl Lapus <earl.lapus@gmail.com> said:
earl> I was browsing through the ping6 code and I noticed that one
earl> particular call to getaddrinfo() didn't have a freeaddrinfo() pair.
earl> All calls to getaddrinfo() should have an equivalent freeaddrinfo(), right?
Yup, it should be good practice. But, this is rather intentional.
The `hostname' variable points to res->ai_canonname, and is used
later. This is why the `res' variable is declared globally.
Sincerely,
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Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
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