DEVM_KZALLOC

Section: Driver Basics (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

devm_kzalloc - Resource-managed kzalloc  

SYNOPSIS

void * devm_kzalloc(struct device * dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp);
 

ARGUMENTS

dev

Device to allocate memory for

size

Allocation size

gfp

Allocation gfp flags
 

DESCRIPTION

Managed kzalloc. Memory allocated with this function is automatically freed on driver detach. Like all other devres resources, guaranteed alignment is unsigned long long.  

RETURNS

Pointer to allocated memory on success, NULL on failure.  

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