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att/tegu: managers/res_mgr.go; 40 LoC
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Found a possible issue in [att/tegu](https://www.github.com/att/tegu) at [managers/res_mgr.go](https://github.com/att/tegu/blob/b7e53b04897cf652dbe52c4156b0fe2becefa4f6/managers/res_mgr.go#L348-L387)
Below is the message reported by the analyzer for this snippet of code. Beware that the analyzer only reports the first issue it finds, so please do not limit your consideration to the contents of the below message.
> function call at line 363 may store a reference to rname
[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/att/tegu/blob/b7e53b04897cf652dbe52c4156b0fe2becefa4f6/managers/res_mgr.go#L348-L387)
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```go
for rname, p := range i.cache { // run all pledges that are in the cache
if p != nil {
if (*p).Is_expired() { // some reservations need to be explicitly undone at expiry
if (*p).Is_pushed() { // no need if not pushed
switch (*p).(type) {
case *gizmos.Pledge_mirror: // mirror requests need to be undone when they become inactive
undo_mirror_reservation( p, rname, ch )
}
(*p).Reset_pushed()
}
} else {
if ! (*p).Is_pushed() && ((*p).Is_active() || (*p).Is_active_soon( 15 )) { // not pushed, and became active while we napped, or will activate in the next 15 seconds
switch (*p).(type) {
case *gizmos.Pledge_bwow:
bwow_push_res( p, &rname, ch, hto_limit, pref_v6 )
(*p).Set_pushed( )
case *gizmos.Pledge_bw:
bw_push_count++
bw_push_res( p, &rname, ch, hto_limit, alt_table, pref_v6 )
case *gizmos.Pledge_steer:
st_push_count++
push_st_reservation( p, rname, ch, hto_limit )
case *gizmos.Pledge_mirror:
push_mirror_reservation( p, rname, ch )
case *gizmos.Pledge_pass:
pass_push_res( p, &rname, ch, hto_limit )
}
pushed_count++
} else { // stil pending
pend_count++
}
}
}
}
```
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```
The following graphviz dot graph describes paths through the callgraph that could lead to a function which writes a pointer argument:
digraph G {
"(bwow_push_res, 5)" -> {}
}
No path was found through the callgraph that could lead to a function which passes a pointer to third-party code.
```
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