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| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man9/malloc.9 | 19 |
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/malloc.9 b/share/man/man9/malloc.9 index 2bdc25d0964..791794c7c51 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/malloc.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/malloc.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.9,v 1.34 2005/08/06 17:04:07 miod Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: malloc.9,v 1.35 2005/08/18 14:32:23 dlg Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: malloc.9,v 1.2 1996/10/30 05:29:54 lukem Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -89,20 +89,21 @@ argument further qualifies .Fn malloc Ns 's operational characteristics as follows: .Bl -tag -width xxx -offset indent +.It Dv M_WAITOK +This is defined to be 0, and is therefore most useful as an aid to code +readability. +In effect, it is the same as having no other +.Fa flags +specified. +If memory is currently unavailable, +.Fn malloc +may call sleep to wait for resources to be released by other processes. .It Dv M_NOWAIT Causes .Fn malloc to return .Dv NULL if the request cannot be immediately fulfilled due to resource shortage. -Otherwise, -.Fn malloc -may call sleep to wait for resources to be released by other processes. -Note that -.Dv M_WAITOK -is conveniently defined to be 0, and hence may be or'ed into the -.Fa flags -argument to indicate that it's OK to wait for resources. .It Dv M_CANFAIL In the .Dv M_WAITOK |