hello,
--- Chris Friesen <[email protected]> wrote:
> cranium2003 wrote:
> > hello,
> > Is there any restricition on using
> > kernel's memory? also if i require to use some
> kernel
> > memory say 625kB by allocating that in GFP_ATOMIC
> mode
>
> Your call will almost certainly fail. I think
> kmalloc will only give
> you up to 128KB, and even that might be tricky to do
> with GFP_ATOMIC.
>
NO I mean the source code total require 625kB
not i require a single call of kmalloc with GFP_ATOMIC
but many calls whose total sum will be around 625kB.
> For larger chunks of memory, you can use vmalloc()
> or reserve it
> statically at compile time.
>
> Chris
>
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