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Date:      Sun, 23 Feb 2003 10:00:48 -0500 (EST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        phk@phk.freebsd.dk
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys libkern.h malloc.h src/sys/libkern strdup.c src/sys/conf files 
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030223100004.64781F-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <39831.1046011895@critter.freebsd.dk>

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Per phk's request, I'm going to pass a malloc type into the kernel
strdup(), and drop M_STRING.  However, I won't have time to make and test
this change for a few hours. 

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert@fledge.watson.org      Network Associates Laboratories

On Sun, 23 Feb 2003 phk@phk.freebsd.dk wrote:

> In message <200302231430.h1NEUHZb068134@repoman.freebsd.org>, Robert Watson wri
> tes:
> >rwatson     2003/02/23 06:30:17 PST
> >
> >  Modified files:
> >    sys/sys              malloc.h libkern.h 
> >    sys/conf             files 
> >  Added files:
> >    sys/libkern          strdup.c 
> >  Log:
> >  Add an implementation of strdup() to libkern.  Allocated memory is of
> >  type M_STRING, now defined in malloc.h.  Useful when string parsing
> >  must occur using the kernel strsep() and we want to avoid toasting
> >  the source string.
> 
> You should really consider using sbuf's instead.
> 
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