Subject: Re: MALLOC()
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/25/2000 20:11:42
On Sat, Aug 26, 2000 at 11:07:57AM +0900, itojun@iijlab.net wrote:
>
> >Module Name: syssrc
> >Committed By: thorpej
> >Date: Fri Aug 25 21:25:58 UTC 2000
> >Modified Files:
> > syssrc/sys/netinet6: ipcomp_core.c
> >Log Message:
> >Don't use MALLOC() for variable-sized allocations.
>
> sorry for stupid question, could you tell me why?
> is there any future plan to change MALLOC() internal?
> did I missed any emails/whatever? malloc(9) is silent about it.
For non-compile-time constants, MALLOC() expands to a very large chunk
of code.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>