VZALLOC(9) Memory Management in Linux VZALLOC(9)
NAME
vzalloc - allocate virtually contiguous memory with zero fill
SYNOPSIS
void * vzalloc(unsigned long size);
ARGUMENTS
size
allocation size Allocate enough pages to cover size from the page level allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.
The memory allocated is set to zero.
DESCRIPTION
For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags use __vmalloc instead.
COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 VZALLOC(9)
