svn commit: r194012 - in head: . sys/netgraph sys/sys

[Julian Elischer]

Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:

> Are you sure Marko that you can't use sys/sys/osd.h instead of adding
> yet another field to the thread structure? Netgraph is optional
> component and optional components could take advantage of allocating
> stuff they need dynamically. The OSD (Object-Specific Data) KPI is
> designed for use by optional components - you can add your data to a
> thread, you can get it when you want and OSD will call your callback
> when thread dies, so you can clean up.
> 
> Maybe you can't, but it's worth checking.
> 
> PS. Currently OSD works for threads and jails, but it is ready to be
>     extended to work with other object types, eg. vnodes, ifnets, etc.
>     Even if you can't use it in this particular case, keep it in mind,
>     as it might be useful for other vimage-related stuff.
> 

BTW
Having a quick look around I don't see a man page for osd, and I'd 
never looked at it until today, nor even really heard of it.
(except I saw jamie used it for something).

if the include page is the main documentation then it need
some comments.