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ALLOC_VM_AREA(9) | Memory Management in Linux | ALLOC_VM_AREA(9) |
NAME¶
alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address spaceSYNOPSIS¶
struct vm_struct *
alloc_vm_area(size_t size,
pte_t ** ptes);
ARGUMENTS¶
sizesize of the area
ptes
returns the PTEs for the address space
RETURNS¶
NULL on failure, vm_struct on success This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and allocates pagetables to map that range. No actual mappings are created. If ptes is non-NULL, pointers to the PTEs (in init_mm) allocated for the VM area are returned.COPYRIGHT¶
May 2018 | Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16 |