vmalloc_user(9)

vmalloc_user9

Allocate zeroed virtually contiguous memory for userspace

Usage

void * vmalloc_user(unsigned long size);

Arguments

size

allocation size

Overview

The resulting memory area is zeroed so it can be mapped to userspace without leaking data.

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.