VMALLOC_32_USER

Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

vmalloc_32_user - allocate zeroed virtually contiguous 32bit memory  

SYNOPSIS

void * vmalloc_32_user(unsigned long size);
 

ARGUMENTS

size

allocation size
 

DESCRIPTION

The resulting memory area is 32bit addressable and zeroed so it can be mapped to userspace without leaking data.  

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