1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>dma_pool_alloc</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The Linux Kernel API"><link rel="up" href="ch04s03.html" title="More Memory Management Functions"><link rel="prev" href="API-dma-pool-destroy.html" title="dma_pool_destroy"><link rel="next" href="API-dma-pool-free.html" title="dma_pool_free"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">dma_pool_alloc</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-dma-pool-destroy.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">More Memory Management Functions</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API-dma-pool-free.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-dma-pool-alloc"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>dma_pool_alloc &#8212; 
2     get a block of consistent memory
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">void * <b class="fsfunc">dma_pool_alloc </b>(</code></td><td>struct dma_pool * <var class="pdparam">pool</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>gfp_t <var class="pdparam">mem_flags</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>dma_addr_t * <var class="pdparam">handle</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1124738980"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>pool</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     dma pool that will produce the block
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>mem_flags</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     GFP_* bitmask
7    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>handle</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
8     pointer to dma address of block
9    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1124742660"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
10   This returns the kernel virtual address of a currently unused block,
11   and reports its dma address through the handle.
12   If such a memory block can't be allocated, <code class="constant">NULL</code> is returned.
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