On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:18:55 +0200 (MEST) Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
> >Subject: Packing data in kernel memory
> >
>
> Can't you just use mlock(), if you want to keep it in RAM?
>
> Or do you need it in kernel memory, because you need it in the lowmem area?
> Or for interaction with other kernel code?
>
> >Is there a way to pack and store arbitrary data in the kernel, or do I
> >need to roll my own?
Sounds a bit like a slab cache to me.
> Write a device driver, kmalloc some buffer, and copy data via a write
> function from userspace to that buffer. Should be trivial.
>
> >1 excess pages, 4 units wasted memory.
>
> Of course, kmalloc only works up to some boundary AFIACS.
128 KB on some arches. More on a few IIRC.
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~Randy
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