memory alloc/free issue

Matthew Dillon dillon at apollo.backplane.com
Tue Dec 9 12:45:57 PST 2014


    Memory must be allocated and freed from the same pool.  It is not
    legal to allocate memory from one pool and free it to another.

    These memory pools are struct malloc_type and typically denoted with
    M_SOMENAME in device and network drivers.

						-Matt



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