netdev - Re: [PATCH ethtool] ethtool.c: fix memory leaks

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Date:	Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:41:10 +0200
From:	Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bwh@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ethtool] ethtool.c: fix memory leaks

On 26.6.2016 10:59, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 13:24 +0100, Ivan Vecera wrote:
>> Memory allocated at several places is not appropriately freed.
>
> Given that ethtool is not a library or a long-running application - why
> does that matter?
>
> Ben.

Because each decently written program should clean up. Sure the kernel 
will take care about it after exit but we cannot accept the fact that 
short-running applications can behave like a pig.

Ivan