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Do not reference returned ifa in in6_ifawithifp().
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Authored by melifaro on Feb 13 2021, 3:59 PM.
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The only place where in6_ifawithifp() is used is ip6_output(), which uses the returned ifa to bump traffic counters.
Given ifa stability guarantees is provided by epoch, do not refcount ifa.

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