Re: arplookup1(): why static sockaddr_inarp ?

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:34:40PM +0000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:08:48 -0500
> David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone know why 'sin' in arplookup1() is static?  If I had to
> > guess, it is a throwback to small-memory machines where it was
> > desirable to save 16 bytes on the stack.
> > 
> Does it need to be explicitly bzero'd first?

Yes.

Dave

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