Re: [PATCH ethtool] ethtool.c: fix memory leaks
From: Ivan Vecera <ivecera@redhat.com>
Date: 2016-06-27 09:41:13
On 26.6.2016 10:59, Ben Hutchings wrote:
On Fri, 2016-03-18 at 13:24 +0100, Ivan Vecera wrote:quoted
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