Re: [PATCH] Fix for binary_sysctl() memory leak

[Michel Lespinasse]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Eric W. Biederman
<ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Calling sysctl(2) is very rare.  I don't know if it actually happens
> anywhere with a modern userspace except in regression tests.
> Effectively we retain sysctl(2) because it doesn't take too much to
> maintain.

Agree, there is no good reason one would call sysctl() anymore.

> Michel what caused you to discover this bug?  If you are using
> sysctl(2) in production code I am a bit worried.

Well, somebody hit it :) To be honest, I'm not sure how they came to
do that. It wasn't in a datacenter setting.

-- 
Michel "Walken" Lespinasse
A program is never fully debugged until the last user dies.
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