Subject: pool_get()/pool_put() or malloc()/free()
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/26/2000 00:48:55 
After sun3x pmap fix, I notice hp300 pmap have switched
to use a memory pool to allocate pmap structures.

http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/syssrc/sys/arch/hp300/hp300/pmap.c.diff?r1=1.58&r2=1.59

Is there any advantage to use pool_get()/pool_put() pair
than malloc()/free() ?
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp