__ALLOC_PERCPU

Section: (9)
Updated: 17 July 2003
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NAME

__alloc_percpu - allocate one copy of the object for every present  

SYNOPSIS

void * __alloc_percpu (size_t size, size_t align);  

ARGUMENTS

size
how many bytes of memory are required.
align
the alignment, which can't be greater than SMP_CACHE_BYTES.
 

DESCRIPTION

cpu in the system, zeroing them. Objects should be dereferenced using per_cpu_ptr/get_cpu_ptr macros only.  

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