On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 08:15:10AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > Why do we need to move "nmbclust * MCLBYTES" to the hot path
> > and use it instead of pre-calculated `mbuf_mem_limit'?
> 
> I do not think a multiplication is hot, compared to userland being able
> to do a sysctl() operation and grab a mutex against the mbuf layer.
> 

This mutex doesn't block mbuf layer, it only serializes concurrent
"sysctl kern.maxclusters=value" calls.