MEMPOOL_ALLOC(9) Memory Management in Linux MEMPOOL_ALLOC(9)NAMEmempool_alloc - allocate an element from a specific memory poolSYNOPSISvoid * mempool_alloc(mempool_t * pool, gfp_t gfp_mask);ARGUMENTSpool pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via mempool_create. gfp_mask the usual allocation bitmask.DESCRIPTIONthis function only sleeps if the alloc_fn function sleeps or returns NULL. Note that due to preallocation, this function *never* fails when called from process contexts. (it might fail if called from an IRQ context.)COPYRIGHTKernel Hackers Manual 2.6. July 2010 MEMPOOL_ALLOC(9)