VMALLOC_EXEC

Section: (9)
Updated: 09 October 2005
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NAME

vmalloc_exec - allocate virtually contiguous, executable memory  

SYNOPSIS

"SYNOPSIS"

void * vmalloc_exec (unsigned long size);  

ARGUMENTS

size
allocation size
 

DESCRIPTION

Kernel-internal function to allocate enough pages to cover size the page level allocator and map them into contiguous and executable kernel virtual space.

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

DESCRIPTION

Kernel-internal function to allocate enough pages to cover size the page level allocator and map them into contiguous and executable kernel virtual space.

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


 

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