On Friday 30 December 2005 06:45 am, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: > pjd 2005-12-30 11:45:07 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/kern kern_malloc.c > sys/sys malloc.h > sys/vm memguard.c memguard.h > Log: > Improve memguard a bit: > - Provide tunable vm.memguard.desc, so one can specify memory type > without changing the code and recompiling the kernel. > - Allow to use memguard for kernel modules by providing sysctl > vm.memguard.desc, which can be changed to short description of memory > type before module is loaded.
You don't actually need a sysctl for this case. You can use kenv to set a tunable after boot but before loading the module to achieve the same purpose. E.g. 'kenv vm.memguard.desc=FOO' will work and TUNABLE_FETCH will find it during a subsequent kldload. Just FYI. -- John Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve" = http://www.FreeBSD.org _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"