> > > There was some talk about the fact that malloc(..M_CANWAIT) > oops M_WAITOK.. > > > > can now return with a failure. Is that true? > > > > Yes; it's necessary to do this to allow some chance of avoiding > > deadlock. > > I can't find this in the archives.. can you remember > a keyword that would pull it up?
No; Matt's on the spot with his comment though, and it's trivial to understand why it needs to be able to fail to avoid deadlock. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
