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diff --git a/share/man/man9/pool.9 b/share/man/man9/pool.9 index b2dd3c4936a..2ccb9ef854d 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/pool.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/pool.9 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: pool.9,v 1.20 2002/10/08 04:46:35 todd Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pool.9,v 1.21 2002/12/20 08:06:55 art Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: pool.9,v 1.18 2001/06/21 11:59:01 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ .Fa "size_t size" .Fa "u_int align" .Fa "u_int align_offset" -.Fa "int nitems" +.Fa "int flags" .Fa "char *wmesg" .Fa "struct pool_allocator *palloc" .Fc @@ -125,13 +125,8 @@ the alignment defaults to an architecture-specific natural alignment. The offset within an item to which the .Fa align parameter applies. -.It Fa nitems -Specifies the number of memory items that are allocated to -the pool at creation time. -This number may be zero, -in which case -.Fn pool_prime -can be used at a later time to add permanent items to the pool. +.It Fa flags +Specifies various flags set on the pool at creation time. .It Fa wmesg The message passed on to .Xr tsleep 9 @@ -341,6 +336,19 @@ code to be reentered. .Ss DIAGNOSTICS Pool usage logs can be enabled by defining the compile-time option .Dv POOL_DIAGNOSTIC . +.Ss DEBUGGING +To debug a misbehaving pool, a kernel can be compiled with the +.Dv MALLOC_DEBUG +option and memory debugging on pools can be enabled with the +.Dv PR_DEBUG +flag passed in the +.Fa flags +argument in the call to +.Fn pool_init . +See +.Xr malloc 9 +for more information about +.Dv MALLOC_DEBUG . .Sh CODE REFERENCES The pool manager is implemented in the file .Pa sys/kern/subr_pool.c . |