RPC_MALLOC(9) Linux Networking RPC_MALLOC(9)NAMErpc_malloc - allocate an RPC bufferSYNOPSISvoid * rpc_malloc(struct rpc_task * task, size_t size);ARGUMENTStask RPC task that will use this buffer size requested byte sizeDESCRIPTIONTo prevent rpciod from hanging, this allocator never sleeps, returning NULL if the request cannot be serviced immediately. The caller can arrange to sleep in a way that is safe for rpciod. Most requests are 'small' (under 2KiB) and can be serviced from a mempool, ensuring that NFS reads and writes can always proceed, and that there is good locality of reference for these buffers. In order to avoid memory starvation triggering more writebacks of NFS requests, we avoid using GFP_KERNEL.COPYRIGHTKernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 RPC_MALLOC(9)