* Re: Huge vmalloc request? Need help...
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@ 2002-02-07 0:07 ` Rik van Riel
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From: Rik van Riel @ 2002-02-07 0:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mm
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Yuri Petukhov wrote:
> I tried to allocate (vmalloc) huge (512MB) memory block inside my
> init_module(), but without success. It is possible to get about
> 48MB only. I work on Pentium SMP, 1GB RAM, RedHat-6.2 with kernel
> 2.2.18. Is there some restrictions on vmalloc'ed size? I need
> non-swapped memory block, of course.
Don't do this, you don't need this space.
On a 1 GB machine, the system leaves only 128 MB of space
for both highmem bounce buffers and vmalloc.
Your solution would be to keep track of which pages you're
using yourself.
regards,
Rik
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