Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 05:10:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/6837: in_setpeeraddr() and in_setsockaddr() block on memory Message-ID: <199806031210.FAA21577@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/6837; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Craig Metz <cmetz@inner.net> To: dg@root.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/6837: in_setpeeraddr() and in_setsockaddr() block on memory Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 08:00:07 -0300 In message <199806031159.EAA22091@implode.root.com>, you write: >> The other, far easier to explain answer, is that we're putting some code in >>there for IPv6 support that makes the malloc() happen at splnet(), and >>tsleep()ing at such a priority is not good. > > That would be bad, but I don't think the solution is to make it fail on >temporary resource shortages. I think a better solution would be to change >the functions to take an already (m)alloced struct sockaddr_in and change >the callers (I think there are only two) to accomodate. In 4.4-Lite2, they did basically just that. Why did they change? -Craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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