On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 23:17:31 +1000 (EST) 
 Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au> wrote:

 > And what about using MALLOC() vs malloc() in the kernel ?
 > 
 > Seems like I want to do MALLOC(), for the spl() ?
 > 
 > But grep'ing through a 1.1 kernel shows a fair amount of mallc()...

Most places just use malloc().  Really, MALLOC() is just an attept to 
optimize ... you'll note that if DIAGNOSTIC is defined, it just expands 
to a call to malloc() ... malloc() does an splimp() internally.

It's mostly a stylistic thing, I think... I usually just use malloc().

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