Subject: Re: RFC: addition of B_MANAGED and B_NESTED to buf.h and vfs_bio.c
To: Reinoud Zandijk <reinoud@netbsd.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/03/2006 15:27:25
On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 05:34:27PM +0100, Reinoud Zandijk wrote:
> Dear folks,
> 
> i'd like to add two flags to buf.h. They add new functionality to the 
> buffer structure without changing current behaviour.
> 
> --------------------
>     B_MANAGED
> marks that its buffer contents memory is managed by the caller and should 
> not be put on a list for reuse or freed.

Isn't this precisely what B_LOCKED is used for?

Thor