Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> writes:
> you're right in theory, but the kernel only has a few pools of memory
> available, but not at every bit boundary. there is a 32 bit pool
> (GFP_DMA32) on some, a 30-ish bit pool (GFP_KERNEL) on others, and a 24
> bit pool (GFP_DMA) with basically nothing inbetween.
Perhaps naive question, but... what's wrong with allocating memory
from the top (within given address mask[1], size-wise)? I think we
don't allocate more than 1 page with kmalloc anymore, do we?
[1] - some devices (a specific StrongARM only?) need non-continuous
masks due to a hardware bug(s).
--
Krzysztof Halasa
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