Module Name: src
Committed By: jdolecek
Date: Sat May 30 17:12:01 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man9: malloc.9
Log Message:
remove M_SOFTDEP from list of supported malloc types, it's long gone
also remove M_PCB - while it is used by SCTP, it's actually not defined
anywhere
in fact add new NOTES section explaining that the malloc types are
actually not used on NetBSD
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.55 -r1.56 src/share/man/man9/malloc.9
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man9/malloc.9
diff -u src/share/man/man9/malloc.9:1.55 src/share/man/man9/malloc.9:1.56
--- src/share/man/man9/malloc.9:1.55 Sun Oct 14 17:40:28 2018
+++ src/share/man/man9/malloc.9 Sat May 30 17:12:01 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: malloc.9,v 1.55 2018/10/14 17:40:28 jdolecek Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: malloc.9,v 1.56 2020/05/30 17:12:01 jdolecek Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996, 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd October 14, 2018
+.Dd May 30, 2020
.Dt MALLOC 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -222,10 +222,6 @@ Device driver memory.
structures.
.It Dv M_FREE
Should be on free list.
-.It Dv M_PCB
-Protocol control block.
-.It Dv M_SOFTINTR
-Softinterrupt structures.
.It Dv M_TEMP
Misc temporary data buffers.
.El
@@ -233,6 +229,22 @@ Misc temporary data buffers.
Other malloc types are defined by the corresponding subsystem; see the
documentation for that subsystem for information its available malloc
types.
+.Sh NOTES
+Note that the malloc type argument is actually unused on
+.Nx ,
+the argument is only supported for easier source compatibility
+with
+.Fx
+and
+.Ox .
+Likewise calls to
+.Fn MALLOC_DECLARE
+.Fn MALLOC_DEFINE ,
+.Fn malloc_type_attach ,
+and
+.Fn malloc_type_detach
+are defined out and have no effect on
+.Nx .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn malloc
returns a kernel virtual address that is suitably aligned for storage of
