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To: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Bitstring(9) in kernel.
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Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> Ok, bitstring(9) is broken for kernel use atm, because leak of calloc()
> function. What we should do about it?

No, it isn't broken.  You just have to use bitstr_size() to figure out
how much space it needs and do the alloc yourself.

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