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Chapter 14: Allocating memory
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The kernel provides the following general purpose memory allocators:
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-kmalloc(), kzalloc(), kcalloc(), vmalloc(), and vzalloc(). Please refer to
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-the API documentation for further information about them.
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+kmalloc(), kzalloc(), kmalloc_array(), kcalloc(), vmalloc(), and
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+vzalloc(). Please refer to the API documentation for further information
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+about them.
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The preferred form for passing a size of a struct is the following:
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@@ -686,6 +687,17 @@ Casting the return value which is a void pointer is redundant. The conversion
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from void pointer to any other pointer type is guaranteed by the C programming
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language.
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+The preferred form for allocating an array is the following:
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+
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+ p = kmalloc_array(n, sizeof(...), ...);
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+
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+The preferred form for allocating a zeroed array is the following:
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+ p = kcalloc(n, sizeof(...), ...);
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+
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+Both forms check for overflow on the allocation size n * sizeof(...),
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+and return NULL if that occurred.
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Chapter 15: The inline disease
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