[3.11] gh-100795: Don't call freeaddrinfo on failure. (GH-101252) #101272
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When getaddrinfo returns an error, the output pointer is in an unknown state Don't call freeaddrinfo on it. See the issue for discussion and details with links to reasoning. _Most_ libc getaddrinfo implementations never modify the output pointer unless they are returning success. (cherry picked from commit b724ac2) Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Sergey G. Brester <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Oleg Iarygin <[email protected]>
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When getaddrinfo returns an error, the output pointer is in an unknown state
Don't call freeaddrinfo on it. See the issue for discussion and details with
links to reasoning. Most libc getaddrinfo implementations never modify the
output pointer unless they are returning success.
(cherry picked from commit b724ac2)
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith [email protected]
Co-authored-by: Sergey G. Brester [email protected]
Co-authored-by: Oleg Iarygin [email protected]