devm_get_free_pages(9)

devm_get_free_pages9

Resource-managed __get_free_pages

Usage

unsigned long devm_get_free_pages(struct device * dev, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order);

Arguments

dev

Device to allocate memory for

gfp_mask

Allocation gfp flags

order

Allocation size is (1 << order) pages

Overview

Managed get_free_pages. Memory allocated with this function is automatically freed on driver detach.

Returns

Address of allocated memory on success, 0 on failure.

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.