On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 10:43:30AM +0800, Kevin Lo wrote: > M_CANFAIL > In the M_WAITOK case, if not enough memory is available, > return NULL instead of calling panic(9). If mallocarray()
Did you see such a panic? If yes it would be better to understand and fix the root cause. > detects an overflow or malloc() detects an excessive > allocation, return NULL instead of calling panic(9). > > > I'd like to keep the mallocarray call unchanged so I add M_CANFAIL > to the flags. I think you are trying to change the kernel in the wrong direction. It should not fail, but handle the requests. Panic if there is a bug. Why do you think M_CANFAIL is a good thing at this place? bluhm
