Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:49:47 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | Re: 128 kbytes allocation limit for kmalloc? |
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mailarch@archivum.info wrote: > Hello, > > is it possible to allocate more than 128 kbytes in a kernel lkm module? > When I allocate more than 128 kbytes with the kmalloc call, kmalloc returns NULL. >
No. Use vmalloc(). Keep in mind that kernel memory is a limited resource, so don't use more memory that you really have to.
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