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| Started by | Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2016-08-19 20:40 +0200 |
| Last post | 2016-08-22 15:10 +0200 |
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kmalloc size limit? Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com> - 2016-08-19 20:40 +0200
Re: kmalloc size limit? Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> - 2016-08-22 14:20 +0200
Re: kmalloc size limit? Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com> - 2016-08-22 15:10 +0200
| From | Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-08-19 20:40 +0200 |
| Subject | kmalloc size limit? |
| Message-ID | <s7WRY-HP-17@gated-at.bofh.it> |
Hi All, I would like to know what is the maximum size limit for kmalloc() API to return a valid memory? Does the size limit varies based on the flags argument? -- Thanks, Sekhar
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| From | Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> |
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| Date | 2016-08-22 14:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <s8WmS-6aC-9@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #1466609 |
On Sat 20-08-16 00:09:53, Muni Sekhar wrote: > Hi All, > > I would like to know what is the maximum size limit for kmalloc() API > to return a valid memory? KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE > Does the size limit varies based on the flags argument? no but different flags can greatly influence how succesful such an allocation can be. -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
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| From | Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2016-08-22 15:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <s8X9g-6I9-33@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| In reply to | #1467578 |
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote: > On Sat 20-08-16 00:09:53, Muni Sekhar wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I would like to know what is the maximum size limit for kmalloc() API >> to return a valid memory? > > KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE Thanks Michal. > >> Does the size limit varies based on the flags argument? > > no but different flags can greatly influence how succesful such an > allocation can be. > -- > Michal Hocko > SUSE Labs -- Thanks, Sekhar
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