Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 21:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: kern/4044: kernel crashes when ip_output() is called with a NULL route argument Message-ID: <199707070420.VAA22596@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/4044; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
To: owner-bugs@freebsd.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, terzis@pear.dnrc.bell-labs.com,
terzis@cs.ucla.edu
Subject: Re: kern/4044: kernel crashes when ip_output() is called with a NULL route argument
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 21:18:13 PDT
Note, this message had a malformed From: header of "terzis@cs..ucla.edu".
>a test for a NULL argument has been removed from this version of the code.
This was a conscious decision. It's now an error to hand a packet to
ip_output with a NULL route argument. Use a private cached route (see
IGMP for an example).
Bill
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