[dhcp_relay] Fix sendto: invalid destination address error#9143
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[dhcp_relay] Fix sendto: invalid destination address error#9143
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why we could not catch this issue in the sonic-mgmt test? |
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@lguohan There were 4 server addresses, and only one was affected, so packets were still successfully relayed to the other three destination addresses. Sonic-mgmt only checks if >=1 expected packet is received. |
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Why I did it
Not all relay forward packets are sent to desired dhcpv6_servers.
Sendto error: invalid destination address
How I did it
Memory gets deallocated at end of loop_relay, need to allocate object on the heap.
How to verify it
Build dhcp6relay debian package and run dhcpv6 relay tests
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