Re: Proposal: kmem_valloc [was: Re: raspberry pi panic 7.0_BETA after install fs resize]

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

max%M00nBSD.net@localhost (Maxime Villard) writes:

>We currently have malloc()/free(), which at a first glance would
>be the solution when too many hacks take place.

kmem_alloc()/kmem_free() was invented to replace malloc/free
because the size to remember is very often already kept in
some other data structure.

As a side effect, it removed the debugging features of malloc/free.

>That's what motivates my proposal: creating kmem_valloc and kmem_vfree,
>to definitely get rid of malloc, and have another set of functions
>that can perform allocations/deallocations without needing a size
>argument. The 'v' stands for "variable".

Looks like the worst of both worlds.