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From: "Eugene L. Vorokov" <vel@bugz.infotecs.ru>
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Subject: Re: malloc
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>  Hi,
> can anybody tell me in malloc what does third
> parameter
> DONTWAIT ,NOWAIT and WAITOK mean?
> Bcoz i have function being called using timeout.in
> that function i need to malloc a buffer.
> can i use WAITOK?
> please tell me abt this.

I think MALLOC(9) explains this pretty well.

Regards,
Eugene


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