Owning... (old commit)

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/include/buffer.h b/kernel/include/buffer.h
index 577ceae..c47e2b4 100644
--- a/kernel/include/buffer.h
+++ b/kernel/include/buffer.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 // enabling the creation, sharing, slicing and concatenation of buffers
 // without having to copy everything each time
 
+// Buffers are always allocated on the core kernel heap (kmalloc/kfree)
+
 // Once a buffer is allocated, its contents is immutable
 
 // Encoding and decoding functions for buffer contents are provided in
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ size_t buffer_len(buffer_t* buf);
 size_t read_buffer(buffer_t* buf, char* to, size_t begin, size_t n);	// returns num of bytes read
 
 buffer_t* buffer_from_bytes(const char* data, size_t n);	// bytes are COPIED
-buffer_t* buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(const char* data, size_t n);	// bytes are NOT COPIED
+buffer_t* buffer_from_bytes_nocopy(const char* data, size_t n, bool own_bytes);	// bytes are NOT COPIED
 
 // these functions GIVE the buffer in order to create the new buffer, ie they do not increase RC
 // the buffer is NOT GIVED if the new buffer could not be created (ie retval == 0)
diff --git a/kernel/include/hashtbl.h b/kernel/include/hashtbl.h
index 984aa70..16dfefb 100644
--- a/kernel/include/hashtbl.h
+++ b/kernel/include/hashtbl.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 // Supports adding, seeking, removing
 // When adding a binding to the table, the previous binding for same key (if exists) is removed
 
+// TODO : possibility to allocate the hashtbl structure on any heap
+// (currently uses kmalloc/kfree)
+
 struct hashtbl;
 typedef struct hashtbl hashtbl_t;