vmalloc(9)

vmalloc9

Allocate virtually contiguous memory

Usage

void * vmalloc(unsigned long size);

Arguments

size

allocation size Allocate enough pages to cover size from the page level allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.

Overview

For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags use __vmalloc instead.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.