vzalloc9
Allocate virtually contiguous memory with zero fill
Usage
void * vzalloc(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. The memory allocated is set to zero.
Overview
For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags use __vmalloc instead.
Releases
3 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.