discourage the new use of malloc(9).

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.\" $NetBSD: malloc.9,v 1.40 2007/07/30 22:48:47 alc Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: malloc.9,v 1.41 2008/03/24 08:24:48 yamt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1996, 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd March 29, 2007
.Dd March 24, 2008
.Dt MALLOC 9
.Os
.Sh NAME
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.Fn MALLOC_JUSTDEFINE "type" "shortdesc" "longdesc"
.Fn MALLOC_DECLARE "type"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Bf -symbolic
These interfaces are being obsoleted and their new use is discouraged.
For new code, please consider to use
.Xr kmem_alloc 9
or
.Xr pool_cache 9
instead.
.Ef
.Pp
The
.Fn malloc
function allocates uninitialized memory in kernel address space for an