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defenxor/dsiem: cmd/dtester/main.go; 40 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [defenxor/dsiem](https://www.github.com/defenxor/dsiem) at [cmd/dtester/main.go](https://github.com/defenxor/dsiem/blob/beea45d6b03203ab505eec8a4cfe3e42a1868a40/cmd/dtester/main.go#L233-L272)

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.

> range-loop variable j used in defer or goroutine at line 262

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/defenxor/dsiem/blob/beea45d6b03203ab505eec8a4cfe3e42a1868a40/cmd/dtester/main.go#L233-L272)

Click here to show the 40 line(s) of Go which triggered the analyzer.

```go
for _, j := range v.Rules {
amt := j.Occurrence
if amt > max {
amt = max
}
e := event.NormalizedEvent{}
e.Sensor = progName
e.SrcIP = genIP(j.From, prevFrom, "")
e.DstIP = genIP(j.To, prevTo, e.SrcIP)
e.SrcPort = genPort(j.PortFrom, prevPortFrom, false)
e.DstPort = genPort(j.PortTo, prevPortTo, true)
e.Protocol = genProto(j.Protocol)
e.PluginID = j.PluginID
e.PluginSID = pickOneFromIntSlice(j.PluginSID)
e.Product = pickOneFromStrSlice(j.Product)
e.Category = j.Category
e.SubCategory = pickOneFromStrSlice(j.SubCategory)

prevPortTo = e.DstPort
prevPortFrom = e.SrcPort
prevFrom = e.SrcIP
prevTo = e.DstIP

for i := 0; i < amt; i++ {
swg.Add()
go func(st int, iter int) {
defer swg.Done()
for {
// err := fn(&e, c, st, iter, verbose)
err := fn(&e, c, j.Stage, iter, verbose)
if err != nil {
log.Info(log.M{Msg: "Error: " + err.Error() + ". Retrying in 3 second."})
time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
continue
}
break
}
}(j.Stage, i)
}
}

```

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commit ID: beea45d6b03203ab505eec8a4cfe3e42a1868a40

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