Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:45:59 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Hiten Pandya <hiten@unixdaemons.com> Cc: FreeBSD-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mbuf flags cleanup proposal Message-ID: <3E5673E7.F3F1FA4F@mindspring.com> References: <20030221151007.GA60348@unixdaemons.com>
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Hiten Pandya wrote: > Gang. I have a proposal to rename the current mbuf subsystem > flag bits as follows: > > mbuf (sys/mbuf.h) flags: > > M_TRYWAIT -> MB_TRYWAIT > M_DONTWAIT -> MB_DONTWAIT [ ... ] > Any reasonable objections/comments? 1) This seems to move away from integration of UVA and the mbuf allocator. 2) It seems to me that all code should be moving to non-blocking interfaces, and blocking interfaces should be deprecated. 3) "TRYWAIT" is really useless; either I can depend on blocking until the request is satisfied, or I can't; if I can't, then I might as well not have the extra complication of "wait a little bit, and then fail anyway": it doesn't make my code any less complicated. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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