Re: git: d80d73493767 - main - arp(8): use getifaddrs(3) instead of ioctl(SIOCGIFCONF)

From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen_at_grosbein.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2022 06:13:51 UTC 
05.07.2022 10:56, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:

> The branch main has been updated by glebius:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=d80d73493767111b7569e831a93061014c682274
> 
> commit d80d73493767111b7569e831a93061014c682274
> Author:     KUROSAWA Takahiro <takahiro.kurosawa@gmail.com>
> AuthorDate: 2022-07-05 03:56:29 +0000
> Commit:     Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2022-07-05 03:56:29 +0000
> 
>     arp(8): use getifaddrs(3) instead of ioctl(SIOCGIFCONF)
>     
>     The original code had used a fixed-size buffer for ioctl(SIOCGIFCONF),
>     that might cause the target ifreq spilled from the buffer.  Use the handy
>     getifaddrs(3) to fix the problem.
>     
>     Reviewed by:            glebius
>     Differential revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35536

I have some production systems that suffered from this problem in the past.
I used local dirty hacks to work-around the problem.

Thank you very much for the fix.
Please consider merge to stable branches.