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alloc_vm_area
Langue: en
Version: June 2009 (debian - 07/07/09)
Section: 9 (Appels noyau Linux)
NAME
alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address spaceSYNOPSIS
- struct vm_struct * alloc_vm_area(size_t size);
ARGUMENTS
size
- size of the area
RETURNS
NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and allocates pagetables to map that range. No actual mappings are created. If the kernel address space is not shared between processes, it syncs the pagetable across all processes.
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