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.\"    Manual: Memory Management in Linux
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 3.16.56
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.TH "MEMPOOL_ALLOC" "9" "May 2018" "Kernel Hackers Manual 3\&.16\&" "Memory Management in Linux"
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.SH "NAME"
mempool_alloc \- allocate an element from a specific memory pool
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'void\ *\ mempool_alloc('u
.BI "void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t\ *\ " "pool" ", gfp_t\ " "gfp_mask" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIpool\fR
.RS 4
pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
\fBmempool_create\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
\fIgfp_mask\fR
.RS 4
the usual allocation bitmask\&.
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
this function only sleeps if the
\fBalloc_fn\fR
function sleeps or returns NULL\&. Note that due to preallocation, this function *never* fails when called from process contexts\&. (it might fail if called from an IRQ context\&.)
.SH "NOTE"
.PP
using __GFP_ZERO is not supported\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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