From owner-freebsd-net Sat Dec 16 11:53:33 2000 From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 11:53:31 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C04137B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:53:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eBGJrKM29548; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:53:20 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 11:53:20 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: "Louis A. Mamakos" Cc: Jonathan Lemon , bmilekic@technokratis.com, net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Changing the names of some M_flags Message-ID: <20001216115319.Z19572@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <200012161934.eBGJYdj75335@prism.flugsvamp.com> <200012161945.eBGJjh507797@whizzo.transsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012161945.eBGJjh507797@whizzo.transsys.com>; from louie@TransSys.COM on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 02:45:43PM -0500 Sender: bright@fw.wintelcom.net Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org * Louis A. Mamakos [001216 11:45] wrote: > > In article you write: > > > > > >On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > > > > >> I think M_DONTWAIT is fine as it was, and M_TRYWAIT instead of M_TRY_WAIT. > > >> > > >> Leaving it as M_DONTWAIT should reduce the delta by quite a bit and > > >> M_TRYWAIT vs M_TRY_WAIT because you have M_DONTWAIT/M_DONTBLOCK. > > >> > > >> -Alfred > > > > > > I agree. Anyone else before I re-roll? :-) > > > > I second Alfred's suggestion. > > Is this just going to make portablity between the various *BSD kernels > more difficult for what's essentially a cosmetic change? I'm thinking > of things like KAME, ALTQ, etc. I agree, however this argument keeps coming up: "I thought M_WAIT meant it would wait forever!" Personally, I think developers should do a bit more research and should have noticed all the places where M_WAIT was followed by a check for NULL and be able to bridge the gap. So honestly, I'm against the change, but if it has to be done then I'd like to see the M_DONTWAIT and M_TRYWAIT. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message