Re: using kmalloc

Tommy Reynolds (reynolds@redhat.com)
Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:38:06 -0600


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Uttered "chiranjeevi vaka" <cvaka_kernel@yahoo.com>, spoke thus:

> I am trying to get something around 600 to 1000 bytes
> using kmalloc. This one is for some changes in TCP/IP
> stack. I am trying to implement a new kernel data
> structure in tcp layer. So can you suggest me what
> functionality to use to come out of that hanging.

Be sure to use "kmalloc( 1000, GFP_ATOMIC )" if you don't want to block waiting
for the memory. Check for a NULL result, because you might not be able to get
the memory.
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