Re: arplookup1(): why static sockaddr_inarp ?

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb%cs.columbia.edu@localhost>]

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?


                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb