malloc() in kernel and increasing mbuf and cluster size

[Daniel O'Connor]

On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 21:56, kamal kc wrote:
> the man pages use M_FOOBUF(where did it come from ??)
> in the field type.

'foo' is a generic term for a random variable name.

> Now how should i code it.
>
> struct malloc_type  mytype;
> mytype=MALLOC_DEFINE(.....,"mybuffers","mybuffers");
>
> what should i put in the type field ??

Read the man page!!
/* sys/something/foo_extern.h */

MALLOC_DECLARE(M_FOOBUF);

/* sys/something/foo_main.c */

MALLOC_DEFINE(M_FOOBUF, "foobuffers", "Buffers to foo data into the ether");
/* sys/something/foo_subr.c */

           ...
MALLOC(buf, struct foo_buf *, sizeof *buf, M_FOOBUF, M_NOWAIT);

Read other code, there are plenty of examples in the tree.

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