Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 15:42:06 -0700 From: Davide Italiano <davide@freebsd.org> To: Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@freebsd.org> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r282250 - head/sys/sys Message-ID: <CACYV=-GuoRKY1TFN_HM3HxpkEXso6J1m1UkV9id9Q%2BPDyKFetw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGOYWV8tEYWngW20=VDCTbmhmis6SSBkGN1W2L32hbGyW2xKpA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201504292200.t3TM0R2J062088@svn.freebsd.org> <CACYV=-F1UymWRqkCGvT8RNZALwn73o%2BmsPixUbPhwW=SH1gn_w@mail.gmail.com> <CAGOYWV-P1F%2BU2EW8QHWCtWacAZ3__kJpd%2BeqhHLvE7RvKVn-PQ@mail.gmail.com> <CACYV=-HJ2nz7kPdXWEO-3M11uQGScKYjxuLRUMzR4VT--zFF-Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAGOYWV8tEYWngW20=VDCTbmhmis6SSBkGN1W2L32hbGyW2xKpA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Mariusz Zaborski <oshogbo@freebsd.org> wrote: >> I'm talking about sys/kern/subr_nvlist.c. > > Yes. lib/libnv is compiling sys/kern/subr_nvlist.c. > This is the reason why we have nv_malloc. > One nv_malloc is for kernel: > > #define nv_malloc(size) malloc((size), M_NVLIST, M_WAITOK) > > and second nv_malloc is for user-land: > > #define nv_malloc(size) (malloc((size)): > > So in user-land all checks are still needed in sys/kern/subr_nvlist.c. > > Thanks, > Mariusz Zaborski It makes sense now, thanks. -- Davide "There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more or less solved" -- Henri Poincare
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