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Date:      Wed, 01 Dec 1999 14:41:51 -0700
From:      "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern uipc_mbuf.c src/sys/sys mbuf.h 
Message-ID:  <199912012141.OAA00992@caspian.plutotech.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 01 Dec 1999 14:31:32 PST." <199912012231.OAA35086@freefall.freebsd.org> 

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>archie      1999/12/01 14:31:32 PST
>
>  Modified files:
>    sys/kern             uipc_mbuf.c 
>    sys/sys              mbuf.h 
>  Log:
>  The functions m_copym() and m_copypacket() return read-only copies,
>  because in the case of mbuf clusters they only increment the reference
>  count rather than actually copying the data.
>  
>  Add comments to this effect, and add a new routine called m_dup() that
>  returns a real, writable copy of an mbuf chain.

How does this work in a 0 copy system?

--
Justin




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