is there a flag "M_FAST" in FreeBSD kernel for Malloc Call ?
- by KaluSingh Gabbar
if you know there is one, can you let me know what its for ? if not please say so : ) thanks.
Signature : void * malloc(unsigned long size, struct malloc_type type, int flags);
for example. other flags are...
M_ZERO
Causes the allocated memory to be set to all zeros.
M_WAITOK
Indicates that it is OK to wait for resources. If the request
cannot be immediately fulfilled, the current process is put to
sleep to wait for resources to be released by other processes.
The malloc(), realloc(), and reallocf() functions cannot return
NULL if M_WAITOK is specified.**
This is the root of my confusion
EDIT:
The clarification for M_FAST is made in my answer below.
