Date: Mon, 08 May 2000 21:56:44 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@FreeBSD.org> To: hoek@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: rik@cronyx.ru, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/15763 Message-ID: <200005090356.VAA05783@caspian.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 May 2000 19:38:21 PDT." <200005090238.TAA47598@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Synopsis: free() fails on contigmalloc() memory > >State-Changed-From-To: open->closed >State-Changed-By: hoek >State-Changed-When: Mon May 8 19:34:32 PDT 2000 >State-Changed-Why: >Don't do that. The contigmalloc() function is only meant for limited >use, typically by drivers at boot time. The free() function is meant >to work with malloc() not contigmalloc(). How are you supposed to release contigmalloc'ed memory when a module unloads? This is really a bug. -- Justin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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