You can ignore the vet warning if you are certain that the uintptr values you are converting to unsafe.Pointer are *valid pointers* (i.e., not non-pointer sentinel values) that point *outside the Go heap*.
It sounds like that is probably the case, but you might want to check with someone more familiar with Windows system calls to be sure. On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 3:23 PM, snmed <sandro.p.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry if I wasn't clear about that, I calling CertFindCertificateInStore > <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376064(v=vs.85).aspx> > which according to MSDN returns a pointer to a struct of > type PCCERT_CONTEXT and must be freed with CertFreeCertificateContext > <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376075(v=vs.85).aspx> > . > > The returned pointer is freed when passed as the *pPrevCertContext* >> parameter on a subsequent call to the function. Otherwise, the pointer must >> be explicitly freed by calling *CertFreeCertificateContext* >> <https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa376075(v=vs.85).aspx>. >> A *pPrevCertContext* that is not *NULL* is always freed by >> *CertFindCertificateInStore* using a call to *CertFreeCertificateContext*, >> even if there is an error in the function. > > > So yes it is allocated by the crypt API of Windows, but i'm still not sure > if can ignore the vet warning or not. As far as I understand, go only > manages the pointer to the struct but not the struct itself. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/golang-nuts/0JYB0-ZcFpk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
