Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 May 2005 12:46:40 -0600 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: kernel memory usage any restrictions? |
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cranium2003 wrote: > hello, > Is there any restricition on using > kernel's memory? also if i require to use some kernel > memory say 625kB by allocating that in GFP_ATOMIC mode
Your call will almost certainly fail. I think kmalloc will only give you up to 128KB, and even that might be tricky to do with GFP_ATOMIC.
For larger chunks of memory, you can use vmalloc() or reserve it statically at compile time.
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