Nope. kmalloc uses slab allocator underneath it. So, No addresses will
not be 4k aligned.

If you care about 4k aligned addresses you should use
__get_free_page() rather than kmalloc().
kmalloc's are used for small allocations - think about wastage of
memory if we try to place 4k alignment
requirements.



Shailesh Jain




On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:45 PM, vichy <vichy....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all:
> if I remember correctly, the address alignment of the address what
> kmalloc rerutn is 4k bytes, right?
> if I am wrong, please tell me where I can find the document.
> appreciate your help,
> vichy
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