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Date:      Tue, 04 Feb 2003 20:30:24 -0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New kernel allocation API 
Message-ID:  <20030205043024.06D122A8C1@canning.wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <xzp8ywvs6yu.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> 

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:
> --=-=-=
> 
> The attached patch creates two new entry points for malloc(), named
> kalloc() and kalloc_nowait(), eliminating the need for the M_NOWAIT
> and M_TRYWAIT constants.  The patch also defines malloc() as a macro
> which invokes the appropriate API function, so source-level
> compatibility is maintained.

The current bikeshed is about the mbuf functions as well, not just the
malloc function..

Cheers,
-Peter
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Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
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