netdev - Re: [BUG iproute2] ip tuntap show

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Date:   Mon, 5 Feb 2018 09:25:42 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Maciej Żenczykowski <maze@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG iproute2] ip tuntap show

On 2/5/18 8:34 AM, Serhey Popovych wrote:
> Sorry David, but I do no see problem with this function right now:
> 
>   1. It allocates string using malloc() in asprintf()
>   2. free() it *after* fopen() to prevent memory leak if fopen() fails
>   3. or if fopen() succeeded and we fscanf() with %ms that will allcate
>      buffer we return.
> 
> I agree this is GNU extensions, but it does not look as user after free
> to me. Should I get rid of these extensions? They are not last as I can
> find.
> 

ok, I missed the 'm' in the %ms of the fscanf. Thanks for checking.