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