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| MEMPOOL_ALLOC(9) | Memory Management in Linux | MEMPOOL_ALLOC(9) |
NAME¶
mempool_alloc - allocate an element from a specific memory pool
SYNOPSIS¶
void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t * pool, gfp_t gfp_mask);
ARGUMENTS¶
pool
pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via
mempool_create.
gfp_mask
the usual allocation bitmask.
DESCRIPTION¶
this function only sleeps if the alloc_fn function sleeps or returns NULL. Note that due to preallocation, this function *never* fails when called from process contexts. (it might fail if called from an IRQ context.)
COPYRIGHT¶
| May 2024 | Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. |