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| VMALLOC_32(9) | Memory Management in Linux | VMALLOC_32(9) |
NAME¶
vmalloc_32 - allocate virtually contiguous memory (32bit addressable)
SYNOPSIS¶
void * vmalloc_32(unsigned long size);
ARGUMENTS¶
size
allocation size
DESCRIPTION¶
Allocate enough 32bit PA addressable pages to cover size from the page level allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
COPYRIGHT¶
| March 2017 | Kernel Hackers Manual 4.10 |