Re: git: ddd39152743a - main - pf: Introduce M_PF type for pf(4) related memory allocations.

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:39:43 UTC 
On Tue, Sep 02, 2025 at 09:10:53PM +0000, Kristof Provost wrote:
K> The branch main has been updated by kp:
K> 
K> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ddd39152743abc3cff05e7475c0ce48aa303956a
K> 
K> commit ddd39152743abc3cff05e7475c0ce48aa303956a
K> Author:     Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
K> AuthorDate: 2025-08-18 12:19:40 +0000
K> Commit:     Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
K> CommitDate: 2025-09-02 21:10:20 +0000
K> 
K>     pf: Introduce M_PF type for pf(4) related memory allocations.
K>     
K>     Currently used M_TEMP and M_IFADDR types are unreasonable for that purpose.
K>     This dedicated statistics simplify the future pf(4) unlocking work by decreasing
K>     search area of possible memory leaks.

IMHO, going away from M_TEMP to something else for allocations that last for
duration of a syscall is a regression rather than an improvement.

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Gleb Smirnoff