Discussion:
which functions are used for dynamically allocating memory in the kernel?
Carter Cheng
2018-11-28 14:14:08 UTC
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Hello,

I am curious which sets of functions return pointers for the purpose of
dynamic allocating memory in the kernel? I am aware of get_free_pages
family, kmalloc, vmalloc, the slab allocator and mempools are there any
others?

Thanks in advance,

Carter.

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