VMALLOC_NODE
Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
vmalloc_node - allocate memory on a specific node
SYNOPSIS
-
void * vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, int node);
ARGUMENTS
size
-
- allocation size
node
-
numa node
DESCRIPTION
Allocate enough pages to cover
size
from the page level allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags use
__vmalloc
instead.
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