Re: kmalloc() allocation.

[Jeff Garzik]

"Richard B. Johnson" wrote:
> Now, I could set up a linked-list of buffers and use vmalloc()
> if the buffers were allocated from non-paged RAM. I don't think
> they are. These buffers must be present during an interrupt.

Non-paged RAM?  I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Both kmalloc and vmalloc allocate pages, but neither will allocate pages
that the system will swap out (page out).  [vk]malloc pages are always
around during an interrupt.

        Jeff




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