On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 8:21 PM, Ted Unangst <t...@tedunangst.com> wrote: > Maxim Pugachev wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I'm wondering, why an allocation type in kern/exec_elf.c is equal to >> M_TEMP? For instance, kern/exec_script.c and kern/kern_exec.c allocate >> memory as M_EXEC, and it looks more reasonable to me. >> >> What's the reason for this? > > I think the reason is M_TEMP is for any data that is short lived (will be > freed in the same function) and other types like M_EXEC are for data that > lasts longer. But this policy is not consistent, so there's lots of > counterexamples.
Now it's clear, thank you!
