freemsg(D3)

freemsg - free a message

Showing IRIX 6.5.30 (default release). Unchanged since IRIX 6.5.

NAME
     freemsg - free a message

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/stream.h>
     #include <sys/ddi.h>
     void freemsg(mblk_t *mp);

   Arguments
     mp        Pointer to the message to be deallocated.

DESCRIPTION
     freemsg frees all message blocks, data blocks, and data buffers
     associated with the message pointed to by mp.  freemsg walks down the
     b_cont list [see msgb(D4)], calling freeb(D3) for every message block in
     the message.

   Return Values
     None

USAGE
   Level
     Base or Interrupt.

   Synchronization Constraints
     Does not sleep.

     Driver-defined basic locks, read/write locks, and sleep locks may be held
     across calls to this function.

   Examples
     See copymsg(D3) for an example of freemsg.

REFERENCES
     freeb(D3), msgb(D4)