VMALLOC(9) Memory Management in Linux VMALLOC(9)NAMEvmalloc - allocate virtually contiguous memory
SYNOPSIS
void * vmalloc(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.
DESCRIPTION
For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags use
__vmalloc instead.
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