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Date:      Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:51:54 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org, alc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: vm_object_allocate() question
Message-ID:  <3D0D870A.9BC3D728@mindspring.com>
References:  <20020616221919.A78576@panzer.kdm.org>

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"Kenneth D. Merry" wrote:
> 2.  Change vm_object_allocate() somehow so that uma_zalloc() isn't called
>     with M_WAITOK.
> 
> I've attached patches for the second option.  I created a new function,
> vm_object_allocate_wait(), that allows the user to specify whether or not
> to wait on the uma_zalloc() call.
> 
> vm_object_allocate() is a wrapper for the new vm_object_allocate_wait()
> call that preserves the current behavior.
> 
> Patches are attached, comments would be appreciated!

Can't this happen as a result of a fault?  If that's the case, then
the M_WAITOK is, well, required.

-- Terry

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