kmem_cache_alloc(9)

kmem_cache_alloc9

Allocate an object

Usage

void * kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache * cachep, gfp_t flags);

Arguments

cachep

The cache to allocate from.

flags

See kmalloc.

Overview

Allocate an object from this cache. The flags are only relevant if the cache has no available objects.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9

From linux-manual-4.9 4.9.228-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.