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I've seen people build modules against a certain kernel source (eg in /usr/src/kernels/my_source/) and some people build against the sources in /lib/modules/my_source/build/

What is the...

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I want to make sure that kmem_cache_alloc is not called concurrently with kmem_cache_destroy on module exit and I want be able to use GFP_KERNEL for the kmem_cache_alloc calls.

Would...

eh, ye tcp to ethernet... I wouldn't say I'm an expert or anything.

As regards to free pages - they may tend to stay available in the short term but they do eventually get reclaimed. I would...

Thanks for the clarification Perderabo! I don't know why I got to thinking of slab spaces as 'zones'. I think I'll buy that book too...

I am aware that there is a limited amount of memory space,...

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Is there a max number of slabs that can be used per kernel module? I'm having a tough time finding out that kind of information, but the array 'node_zonelists' (mmzone.h) has a size of 5....

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I'm trying to build linear sk_buffs, non linear sk_buffs with page frames (nr_frags) and non linear skbuffs with linked list (frag_list) for testing of a kernel module I wrote. Does anyone...

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I am trying to setup a program to use a device driver and am confusing buffer access between User and Kernel mode. I think all applications running in User space have to communicate with...