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Bug kmalloc function

will kmalloc function allocate memory from kernel space or user space?
what exactly is the difference between kernel api and system call?
can anyone please send me the answer? its urgent.

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KMALLOC_ARRAY(9)					    Memory Management in Linux						  KMALLOC_ARRAY(9)

NAME
kmalloc_array - allocate memory for an array. SYNOPSIS
void * kmalloc_array(size_t n, size_t size, gfp_t flags); ARGUMENTS
n number of elements. size element size. flags the type of memory to allocate. DESCRIPTION
The flags argument may be one of: GFP_USER - Allocate memory on behalf of user. May sleep. GFP_KERNEL - Allocate normal kernel ram. May sleep. GFP_ATOMIC - Allocation will not sleep. May use emergency pools. For example, use this inside interrupt handlers. GFP_HIGHUSER - Allocate pages from high memory. GFP_NOIO - Do not do any I/O at all while trying to get memory. GFP_NOFS - Do not make any fs calls while trying to get memory. GFP_NOWAIT - Allocation will not sleep. __GFP_THISNODE - Allocate node-local memory only. GFP_DMA - Allocation suitable for DMA. Should only be used for kmalloc caches. Otherwise, use a slab created with SLAB_DMA. Also it is possible to set different flags by OR'ing in one or more of the following additional flags: __GFP_COLD - Request cache-cold pages instead of trying to return cache-warm pages. __GFP_HIGH - This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools. __GFP_NOFAIL - Indicate that this allocation is in no way allowed to fail (think twice before using). __GFP_NORETRY - If memory is not immediately available, then give up at once. __GFP_NOWARN - If allocation fails, don't issue any warnings. __GFP_REPEAT - If allocation fails initially, try once more before failing. There are other flags available as well, but these are not intended for general use, and so are not documented here. For a full list of potential flags, always refer to linux/gfp.h. COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2014 KMALLOC_ARRAY(9)