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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/slab.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -3277,26 +3277,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmalloc_node); | |||
3277 | #endif | 3277 | #endif |
3278 | 3278 | ||
3279 | /** | 3279 | /** |
3280 | * kmalloc - allocate memory | 3280 | * __do_kmalloc - allocate memory |
3281 | * @size: how many bytes of memory are required. | 3281 | * @size: how many bytes of memory are required. |
3282 | * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. | 3282 | * @flags: the type of memory to allocate (see kmalloc). |
3283 | * @caller: function caller for debug tracking of the caller | 3283 | * @caller: function caller for debug tracking of the caller |
3284 | * | ||
3285 | * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory | ||
3286 | * in the kernel. | ||
3287 | * | ||
3288 | * The @flags argument may be one of: | ||
3289 | * | ||
3290 | * %GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user. May sleep. | ||
3291 | * | ||
3292 | * %GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram. May sleep. | ||
3293 | * | ||
3294 | * %GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep. Use inside interrupt handlers. | ||
3295 | * | ||
3296 | * Additionally, the %GFP_DMA flag may be set to indicate the memory | ||
3297 | * must be suitable for DMA. This can mean different things on different | ||
3298 | * platforms. For example, on i386, it means that the memory must come | ||
3299 | * from the first 16MB. | ||
3300 | */ | 3284 | */ |
3301 | static __always_inline void *__do_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags, | 3285 | static __always_inline void *__do_kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags, |
3302 | void *caller) | 3286 | void *caller) |