Re: mbuf usage for an idle machine

From: Garrett Wollman (wollman_at_khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu)
Date: 08/27/03

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    Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:53:09 -0400 (EDT)
To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>

    <<On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 11:43:03 -0400 (EDT), Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> said:

    > There are a number of situations in which the mbuf allocator is used to
    > allocate non-mbufs -- for example, we use mbufs to hold IP fragment
    > queues, as well as some static packet prototype mbufs, socket options,
    > etc.

    You're a few years out of date on that one. Socket options should not
    be held in mbufs (unless something is broken at the protocol level).
    I made a sweep a few years back and managed to eliminate most misues
    of mbufs in the network stack.

    -GAWollman

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