Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999 13:01:19 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel malloc and M_CANWAIT Message-ID: <199901182101.NAA18690@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 18 Jan 1999 12:49:31 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.95.990118124458.8525F-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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> > > There was some talk about the fact that malloc(..M_CANWAIT) > oops M_WAITOK.. > > > > can now return with a failure. Is that true? > > > > Yes; it's necessary to do this to allow some chance of avoiding > > deadlock. > > I can't find this in the archives.. can you remember > a keyword that would pull it up? No; Matt's on the spot with his comment though, and it's trivial to understand why it needs to be able to fail to avoid deadlock. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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