Resolution of Ticket #1709.

[Gedare Bloom]

Hi Aun-Ali,

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On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Aun-Ali Zaidi <admin at kodeit.net> wrote:
> Ticket #1709 addresses a potential invalid pointer validity test.
>
> The pointer validity comes from an faulty conditional test that could
> allow 'NULL' values to pass through, resulting in a null pointer to a
> file descriptor causing long-term issues.
>
> The patch for this issue was proposed 5 years ago and the current source
> tree contains a fixed validity check, thus making the attached patch
> pointless.
>
> This ticket should be closed and the corresponding issue should be resolved.
>
> #Close 1709.
>
>
> Aun-Ali
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