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11927 Log, or optionally panic, on zero-length kmem allocations
Reviewed by: Dan McDonald <danmcd@joyent.com>
Reviewed by: Jason King <jason.brian.king@gmail.com>

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          --- old/usr/src/man/man9f/kmem_alloc.9f
          +++ new/usr/src/man/man9f/kmem_alloc.9f
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   8      -.TH KMEM_ALLOC 9F "Oct 22, 2014"
        8 +.TH KMEM_ALLOC 9F "Nov 20, 2019"
   9    9  .SH NAME
  10   10  kmem_alloc, kmem_zalloc, kmem_free \- allocate kernel memory
  11   11  .SH SYNOPSIS
  12      -.LP
  13   12  .nf
  14   13  #include <sys/types.h>
  15   14  #include <sys/kmem.h>
  16   15  
  17   16  
  18   17  
  19   18  \fBvoid *\fR\fBkmem_alloc\fR(\fBsize_t\fR \fIsize\fR, \fBint\fR \fIflag\fR);
  20   19  .fi
  21   20  
  22   21  .LP
  23   22  .nf
  24   23  \fBvoid *\fR\fBkmem_zalloc\fR(\fBsize_t\fR \fIsize\fR, \fBint\fR \fIflag\fR);
  25   24  .fi
  26   25  
  27   26  .LP
  28   27  .nf
  29   28  \fBvoid\fR \fBkmem_free\fR(\fBvoid *\fR\fIbuf\fR, \fBsize_t\fR \fIsize\fR);
  30   29  .fi
  31   30  
  32   31  .SH INTERFACE LEVEL
  33      -.sp
  34      -.LP
  35   32  Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).
  36   33  .SH PARAMETERS
  37      -.sp
  38   34  .ne 2
  39   35  .na
  40   36  \fB\fIsize\fR\fR
  41   37  .ad
  42   38  .RS 8n
  43   39  Number of bytes to allocate.
  44   40  .RE
  45   41  
  46   42  .sp
  47   43  .ne 2
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  57   53  .sp
  58   54  .ne 2
  59   55  .na
  60   56  \fB\fIbuf\fR\fR
  61   57  .ad
  62   58  .RS 8n
  63   59  Pointer to allocated memory.
  64   60  .RE
  65   61  
  66   62  .SH DESCRIPTION
  67      -.sp
  68      -.LP
  69   63  The \fBkmem_alloc()\fR function allocates \fIsize\fR bytes of kernel memory and
  70   64  returns a pointer to the allocated memory. The allocated memory is at least
  71   65  double-word aligned, so it can hold any C data structure. No greater alignment
  72   66  can be assumed. \fIflag\fR determines whether the caller can sleep for memory.
  73   67  \fBKM_SLEEP\fR allocations may sleep but are guaranteed to succeed.
  74   68  \fBKM_NOSLEEP\fR allocations are guaranteed not to sleep but may fail (return
  75   69  \fINULL\fR) if no memory is currently available. The initial contents of memory
  76   70  allocated using \fBkmem_alloc()\fR are random garbage.
  77   71  .sp
  78   72  .LP
  79   73  The \fBkmem_zalloc()\fR function is like \fBkmem_alloc()\fR but returns
  80   74  zero-filled memory.
  81   75  .sp
  82   76  .LP
  83   77  The \fBkmem_free()\fR function frees previously allocated kernel memory. The
  84   78  buffer address and size must exactly match the original allocation. Memory
  85   79  cannot be returned piecemeal.
  86   80  .SH RETURN VALUES
  87      -.sp
  88      -.LP
  89   81  If successful, \fBkmem_alloc()\fR and \fBkmem_zalloc()\fR return a pointer to
  90   82  the allocated memory. If \fBKM_NOSLEEP\fR is set and memory cannot be allocated
  91   83  without sleeping, \fBkmem_alloc()\fR and \fBkmem_zalloc()\fR return \fINULL\fR.
  92   84  .SH CONTEXT
  93      -.sp
  94      -.LP
  95   85  The \fBkmem_alloc()\fR and \fBkmem_zalloc()\fR functions can be called from
  96   86  interrupt context only if the \fBKM_NOSLEEP\fR flag is set. They can be called
  97   87  from user context with any valid \fIflag\fR. The \fBkmem_free()\fR function can
  98   88  be called from from user, interrupt, or kernel context.
  99   89  .SH SEE ALSO
 100      -.sp
 101      -.LP
 102   90  \fBcopyout\fR(9F), \fBfreerbuf\fR(9F), \fBgetrbuf\fR(9F)
 103   91  .sp
 104   92  .LP
 105   93  \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
 106   94  .SH WARNINGS
 107      -.sp
 108      -.LP
 109   95  Memory allocated using \fBkmem_alloc()\fR is not paged. Available memory is
 110   96  therefore limited by the total physical memory on the system. It is also
 111   97  limited by the available kernel virtual address space, which is often the more
 112   98  restrictive constraint on large-memory configurations.
 113   99  .sp
 114  100  .LP
 115  101  Excessive use of kernel memory is likely to affect overall system performance.
 116  102  Overcommitment of kernel memory will cause the system to hang or panic.
 117  103  .sp
 118  104  .LP
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 120  106  buffer, using a buffer after freeing it, freeing a buffer twice, or freeing a
 121  107  null or invalid pointer, will corrupt the kernel heap and may cause the system
 122  108  to corrupt data or panic.
 123  109  .sp
 124  110  .LP
 125  111  The initial contents of memory allocated using \fBkmem_alloc()\fR are random
 126  112  garbage. This random garbage may include secure kernel data. Therefore,
 127  113  uninitialized kernel memory should be handled carefully. For example, never
 128  114  \fBcopyout\fR(9F) a potentially uninitialized buffer.
 129  115  .SH NOTES
 130      -.sp
 131      -.LP
 132      -\fBkmem_alloc(0\fR, \fIflag\fR\fB)\fR always returns \fINULL\fR.
 133      -\fBkmem_free(NULL, 0)\fR is legal.
      116 +\fBkmem_alloc(0\fR, \fIflag\fR\fB)\fR always returns \fINULL\fR, but
      117 +if \fBKM_SLEEP\fR is set, this behavior is considered to be deprecated;
      118 +the system may be configured to explicitly panic in this case in lieu
      119 +of returning \fINULL\fR.
      120 +\fBkmem_free(NULL, 0)\fR is legal, however.
    
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