Re: git: 9b8db66402e9 - main - netgraph: provide separate malloc type for nodes that are missing it

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From: Brooks Davis <brooks_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 18:03:16 UTC

On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 04:20:02PM +0000, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by glebius:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=9b8db66402e94919ab47fc2d69863968e49e305a
> 
> commit 9b8db66402e94919ab47fc2d69863968e49e305a
> Author:     Dmitry Lukhtionov <dmitryluhtionov@gmail.com>
> AuthorDate: 2024-05-31 16:19:54 +0000
> Commit:     Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2024-05-31 16:19:54 +0000
> 
>     netgraph: provide separate malloc type for nodes that are missing it
>     
>     The kernel option NG_SEPARATE_MALLOC helps to debug memory leaks in
>     netgraph(4).  Several nodes were missing the support.

I realize this commit didn't create the option, but is there really
enough of a cost to having multiple malloc types to justify an option at
all?

-- Brooks