On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 02:52:49PM -0500, Andrew R. Reiter wrote:
> >
> > Just as a note, I decided against MFC'ing this and similar changes because
> > I didn't feel it was necesary for -STABLE to have this "fix."
>
> why not ? code is more compact (and cache friendly) and readable,
> diffs from HEAD are reduced, no functional changes... I see only
> good things in these MFCs.
>
> While we are on the topic, I would also love to see more consistency
> in the use of macros vs. inline functions. E.g. below we have
>
> MALLOC(d, struct bpf_d *, sizeof(*d), M_BPF, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
>
> and
>
> bp = (struct bpf_if *)malloc(sizeof(*bp), M_BPF, M_DONTWAIT | M_ZERO);
>
why cast the thing? it returns a void *
which obviates the need for any casting....
> and the same occurs elsewhere for free() and FREE(). This is confusing
> because it leads you into thinking that they are two different things
> while they are not.
>
> cheers
> luigi
>
> > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> >
> > :Hi--
> > :
> > :I've been reading through src/sys/net/bpf.c, and I noticed that the
> > :changes to make it use M_ZERO haven't been MFC-ed to RELENG_4 yet. Any
> > :objection if I do this? (Nothing broke in my quick testing.)
> > :
> > :Thanks,
> > :
> > :Bruce.
> > :
> > :Index: bpf.c
> > :===================================================================
> > :RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/sys/net/bpf.c,v
> > :retrieving revision 1.59.2.6
> > :diff -u -r1.59.2.6 bpf.c
> > :--- bpf.c 20 Sep 2001 14:31:33 -0000 1.59.2.6
> > :+++ bpf.c 27 Nov 2001 18:49:45 -0000
> > :@@ -358,8 +358,7 @@
> > : if (d)
> > : return (EBUSY);
> > : make_dev(&bpf_cdevsw, minor(dev), 0, 0, 0600, "bpf%d", lminor(dev));
> > :- MALLOC(d, struct bpf_d *, sizeof(*d), M_BPF, M_WAITOK);
> > :- bzero(d, sizeof(*d));
> > :+ MALLOC(d, struct bpf_d *, sizeof(*d), M_BPF, M_WAITOK | M_ZERO);
> > : dev->si_drv1 = d;
> > : d->bd_bufsize = bpf_bufsize;
> > : d->bd_sig = SIGIO;
> > :@@ -1285,11 +1284,10 @@
> > : u_int dlt, hdrlen;
> > : {
> > : struct bpf_if *bp;
> > :- bp = (struct bpf_if *)malloc(sizeof(*bp), M_BPF, M_DONTWAIT);
> > :+ bp = (struct bpf_if *)malloc(sizeof(*bp), M_BPF, M_DONTWAIT | M_ZERO);
> > : if (bp == 0)
> > : panic("bpfattach");
> > :
> > :- bp->bif_dlist = 0;
> > : bp->bif_ifp = ifp;
> > : bp->bif_dlt = dlt;
> > :
> > :
> > :
> > :
> >
> > --
> > Andrew R. Reiter
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