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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/slab.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/slab.h | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h index 90877fcde70b..1bf631f29cd2 100644 --- a/include/linux/slab.h +++ b/include/linux/slab.h @@ -441,7 +441,18 @@ static_assert(PAGE_SHIFT <= 20); #endif /* !CONFIG_SLOB */ void *__kmalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags) __assume_kmalloc_alignment __alloc_size(1); -void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags) __assume_slab_alignment __malloc; + +/** + * kmem_cache_alloc - Allocate an object + * @cachep: The cache to allocate from. + * @flags: See kmalloc(). + * + * Allocate an object from this cache. + * See kmem_cache_zalloc() for a shortcut of adding __GFP_ZERO to flags. + * + * Return: pointer to the new object or %NULL in case of error + */ +void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *cachep, gfp_t flags) __assume_slab_alignment __malloc; void *kmem_cache_alloc_lru(struct kmem_cache *s, struct list_lru *lru, gfp_t gfpflags) __assume_slab_alignment __malloc; void kmem_cache_free(struct kmem_cache *s, void *objp); @@ -506,9 +517,9 @@ void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_page_align __alloc_size(1); /** - * kmalloc - allocate memory + * kmalloc - allocate kernel memory * @size: how many bytes of memory are required. - * @flags: the type of memory to allocate. + * @flags: describe the allocation context * * kmalloc is the normal method of allocating memory * for objects smaller than page size in the kernel. @@ -535,12 +546,12 @@ void *kmalloc_large_node(size_t size, gfp_t flags, int node) __assume_page_align * %GFP_ATOMIC * Allocation will not sleep. May use emergency pools. * - * %GFP_HIGHUSER - * Allocate memory from high memory on behalf of user. - * * Also it is possible to set different flags by OR'ing * in one or more of the following additional @flags: * + * %__GFP_ZERO + * Zero the allocated memory before returning. Also see kzalloc(). + * * %__GFP_HIGH * This allocation has high priority and may use emergency pools. * |