Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 13:18:57 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New kernel allocation API Message-ID: <20030205211857.4908E2A89E@canning.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0302051231460.97117-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Peter Wemm wrote: > > > Julian Elischer wrote: > > > > > When I've had to do this in the (distant) past, I've stored the variable > > size information inside the fixed portion of the structure that was being > > allocated.. In other situations situations, I used a second size field > > next to where I stored the pointer. This wasn't a great burden. > > > > Nostalgia note: Anybody remember AllocMem() and FreeMem()? > > I know it's not a great burdon if you are writing the code. > It might be a bigger burdon if you are just working with code you > don't fully understand, or don't have full access to. Quite correct. My choice of wording was poor. I was trying to get across the point that when you know what the rules are and all the rest of the code does it the same, it isn't a big deal to do. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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