Chapter 4. Memory Management in Linux
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Chapter 4. Memory Management in Linux
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The Slab Cache
User Space Memory Access
More Memory Management Functions
The Slab Cache
kmalloc
— allocate memory
kmalloc_array
— allocate memory for an array.
kcalloc
— allocate memory for an array. The memory is set to zero.
kzalloc
— allocate memory. The memory is set to zero.
kzalloc_node
— allocate zeroed memory from a particular memory node.
kmem_cache_alloc
— Allocate an object
kmem_cache_alloc_node
— Allocate an object on the specified node
kmem_cache_free
— Deallocate an object
kfree
— free previously allocated memory
ksize
— get the actual amount of memory allocated for a given object
kfree_const
— conditionally free memory
kstrdup
— allocate space for and copy an existing string
kstrdup_const
— conditionally duplicate an existing const string
kstrndup
— allocate space for and copy an existing string
kmemdup
— duplicate region of memory
memdup_user
— duplicate memory region from user space
get_user_pages_fast
— pin user pages in memory