KCALLOC(9) Memory Management in Linux KCALLOC(9)NAME
kcalloc - allocate memory for an array. The memory is set to zero.
SYNOPSIS
void * kcalloc(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags);
ARGUMENTS
n
number of elements.
size
element size.
flags
the type of memory to allocate.
DESCRIPTION
The flags argument may be one of:
GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user. May sleep.
GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram. May sleep.
GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep. May use emergency pools. For example, use this inside interrupt handlers.
GFP_HIGHUSER - Allocate pages from high memory.
GFP_NOIO - Do not do any I/O at all while trying to get memory.
GFP_NOFS - Do not make any fs calls while trying to get memory.
GFP_NOWAIT - Allocation will not sleep.
GFP_THISNODE - Allocate node-local memory only.
GFP_DMA - Allocation suitable for DMA. Should only be used for kmalloc caches. Otherwise, use a slab created with SLAB_DMA.
Also it is possible to set different flags by OR'ing in one or more of the following additional flags:
__GFP_COLD - Request cache-cold pages instead of trying to return cache-warm pages.
__GFP_HIGH - This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools.
__GFP_NOFAIL - Indicate that this allocation is in no way allowed to fail (think twice before using).
__GFP_NORETRY - If memory is not immediately available, then give up at once.
__GFP_NOWARN - If allocation fails, don't issue any warnings.
__GFP_REPEAT - If allocation fails initially, try once more before failing.
There are other flags available as well, but these are not intended for general use, and so are not documented here. For a full list of
potential flags, always refer to linux/gfp.h.
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KMEM_CACHE_CREATE(9) Memory Management in Linux KMEM_CACHE_CREATE(9)NAME
kmem_cache_create - Create a cache.
SYNOPSIS
struct kmem_cache * kmem_cache_create(const char * name, size_t size, size_t align, unsigned long flags, void (*ctor) (void *));
ARGUMENTS
name
A string which is used in /proc/slabinfo to identify this cache.
size
The size of objects to be created in this cache.
align
The required alignment for the objects.
flags
SLAB flags
ctor
A constructor for the objects.
DESCRIPTION
Returns a ptr to the cache on success, NULL on failure. Cannot be called within a int, but can be interrupted. The ctor is run when new
pages are allocated by the cache.
name must be valid until the cache is destroyed. This implies that the module calling this has to destroy the cache before getting
unloaded. Note that kmem_cache_name is not guaranteed to return the same pointer, therefore applications must manage it themselves.
The flags are
SLAB_POISON - Poison the slab with a known test pattern (a5a5a5a5) to catch references to uninitialised memory.
SLAB_RED_ZONE - Insert `Red' zones around the allocated memory to check for buffer overruns.
SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN - Align the objects in this cache to a hardware cacheline. This can be beneficial if you're counting cycles as closely
as davem.
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