DragonFly kernel List (threaded) for 2006-09
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malloc/free/realloc will be renamed in the kernel
I've cleaned up most of the conflicts that would otherwise prevent
kernel code from being linked against libc. There are only a few
remaining and really only one that entails a great deal of work...
that being the kernel's malloc(), realloc(), and free() procedures.
These procedures have very different arguments in the kernel then in
userland, and they are called from about 800 files.
After careful consideration I have decided to physically rename the
kernel procedures rather then use #define tricks. I have decided
on the following translations:
malloc -> kmalloc
free -> kfree
realloc -> krealloc
Due to the number of files effected I am going to create shims so both
names can be used during the transition period, which will allow me to
piecemeal commit the actual work. Once the work is done the original
names will be removed. I will write a program to run through the
source code and make most of the changes automatically. A few syntax
glitches may occur during this process so bear with me!
I will gone Wed-Fri so this work may extend into the coming weekend.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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