request memory from kernel

Mulyadi Santosa mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com
Mon Nov 5 01:51:54 EST 2012


Hi

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Prashant Shah <pshah.mumbai at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Mulyadi Santosa
> <mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi......
>> Someone is kind enough to summarize how to use memory pool here:
>> http://venkateshpnv.blogspot.com/2011/05/memory-allocation-rough-notes-by-chaitu.html
>
> What do you think about using vmalloc() ?

Actually, it depends on how the original poster define "reserve".

I try my best to help with the ideas of 'reserving' in the sense that
to put aside some amount of memory right from kernel boot stage, so
they can't be used for other purpose.


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regards,

Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant

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