VMALLOC_32(9) Memory Management in Linux VMALLOC_32(9)NAME
vmalloc_32 - allocate virtually contiguous memory (32bit addressable)
SYNOPSIS
void * vmalloc_32(unsigned long size);
ARGUMENTS
size
allocation size
DESCRIPTION
Allocate enough 32bit PA addressable pages to cover size from the page level allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
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CONTIGMALLOC(9) BSD Kernel Developer's Manual CONTIGMALLOC(9)NAME
contigmalloc, contigfree -- manage contiguous kernel physical memory
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/malloc.h>
void *
contigmalloc(unsigned long size, struct malloc_type *type, int flags, vm_paddr_t low, vm_paddr_t high, unsigned long alignment,
unsigned long boundary);
void
contigfree(void *addr, unsigned long size, struct malloc_type *type);
DESCRIPTION
The contigmalloc() function allocates size bytes of contiguous physical memory that is aligned to alignment bytes, and which does not cross a
boundary of boundary bytes. If successful, the allocation will reside between physical addresses low and high. The returned pointer points
to a wired kernel virtual address range of size bytes allocated from the kernel virtual address (KVA) map.
The flags parameter modifies contigmalloc()'s behaviour as follows:
M_ZERO Causes the allocated physical memory to be zero filled.
M_NOWAIT
Causes contigmalloc() to return NULL if the request cannot be immediately fulfilled due to resource shortage.
Other flags (if present) are ignored.
The contigfree() function deallocates memory allocated by a previous call to contigmalloc().
IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The contigmalloc() function does not sleep waiting for memory resources to be freed up, but instead actively reclaims pages before giving up.
However, unless M_NOWAIT is specified, it may select a page for reclamation that must first be written to backing storage, causing it to
sleep.
RETURN VALUES
The contigmalloc() function returns a kernel virtual address if allocation succeeds, or NULL otherwise.
EXAMPLES
void *p;
p = contigmalloc(8192, M_DEVBUF, M_ZERO, 0, (1L << 22),
32 * 1024, 1024 * 1024);
Ask for 8192 bytes of zero-filled memory residing between physical address 0 and 4194303 inclusive, aligned to a 32K boundary and not cross-
ing a 1M address boundary.
DIAGNOSTICS
The contigmalloc() function will panic if size is zero, or if alignment or boundary is not a power of two.
SEE ALSO malloc(9), memguard(9)BSD July 19, 2007 BSD
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