vmalloc_node(9)

vmalloc_node9

Allocate memory on a specific node

Usage

void * vmalloc_node(unsigned long size, int node);

Arguments

size

allocation size

node

numa node

Overview

Allocate enough pages to cover size from the page level allocator and map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.

For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags use __vmalloc instead.

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.