Subject: Re: Corret way to allocate memory in kernel ?
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/14/1996 18:07:58
On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 00:26:59 +1000 (EST)
Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au> wrote:
> Can someone please explain what the difference is between kmem_alloc()
> and malloc() within the kernel, and which should be used when ?
Really, you should be using malloc() if you want to do general purpose
memory allocation.
kmem_alloc() is handy for special applications, like when you want to
allocate memory and map it in the mbuf map, for example. kmem_alloc()
isn't used in very many places.
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