Question on vmalloc() memory management

Hi everybody, I would just like to find out if there is any real reason why there are no memory management functions for handling vmalloc()ed memory. If you have a look at bttv.c, you will see definitions of: kvirt_to_pa (translate a vmalloc()ed address to a page number) rvmalloc (malloc and

Question on vmalloc() memory management

Hi everybody, I would just like to find out if there is any real reason why there are no memory management functions for handling vmalloc()ed memory. If you have a look at bttv.c, you will see definitions of: kvirt_to_pa (translate a vmalloc()ed address to a page number) rvmalloc (malloc and