* where to find the kmalloc implementation
@ 2019-01-09 15:16 Carter Cheng
2019-01-09 16:51 ` Okash Khawaja
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From: Carter Cheng @ 2019-01-09 15:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernelnewbies
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Hi,
I am curious where in the kernel sources would I find the kmalloc
implementation? I am curious how GFP_ATOMIC option is implemented.
Thanks,
Carter.
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* Re: where to find the kmalloc implementation
2019-01-09 15:16 where to find the kmalloc implementation Carter Cheng
@ 2019-01-09 16:51 ` Okash Khawaja
2019-01-10 13:51 ` Carter Cheng
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From: Okash Khawaja @ 2019-01-09 16:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Carter Cheng; +Cc: kernelnewbies
On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 3:17 PM Carter Cheng <cartercheng@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am curious where in the kernel sources would I find the kmalloc implementation? I am curious how GFP_ATOMIC option is implemented.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carter.
Hi Carter,
kmalloc() implementation can be found in include/linux/slab.h.
Interesting part of kmalloc() is the use of kmem_cache. kmem_cache is
basically a pool of memory. kmalloc() maintains a system of
kmem_cache's and allocates memory from those caches to the caller. How
it allocates that memory is determined by type of request (e.g.
GFP_ATOMIC) and "buddy system" algorithm, which is an algorithm
designed to minimise fragmentation and be cache efficient.
From what I remember, kmalloc system sets aside memory for "emergency"
uses, like kmalloc calls with GFP_ATOMIC. So for normal memory
allocation calls, execution may sleep until memory becomes available,
even though there may be memory available in the emergence cache.
Hope it helps :)
Okash
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* Re: where to find the kmalloc implementation
2019-01-09 16:51 ` Okash Khawaja
@ 2019-01-10 13:51 ` Carter Cheng
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From: Carter Cheng @ 2019-01-10 13:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Okash Khawaja; +Cc: kernelnewbies
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Thanks!
On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 12:51 AM Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 3:17 PM Carter Cheng <cartercheng@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am curious where in the kernel sources would I find the kmalloc
> implementation? I am curious how GFP_ATOMIC option is implemented.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Carter.
>
> Hi Carter,
>
> kmalloc() implementation can be found in include/linux/slab.h.
> Interesting part of kmalloc() is the use of kmem_cache. kmem_cache is
> basically a pool of memory. kmalloc() maintains a system of
> kmem_cache's and allocates memory from those caches to the caller. How
> it allocates that memory is determined by type of request (e.g.
> GFP_ATOMIC) and "buddy system" algorithm, which is an algorithm
> designed to minimise fragmentation and be cache efficient.
>
> From what I remember, kmalloc system sets aside memory for "emergency"
> uses, like kmalloc calls with GFP_ATOMIC. So for normal memory
> allocation calls, execution may sleep until memory becomes available,
> even though there may be memory available in the emergence cache.
>
> Hope it helps :)
>
> Okash
>
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> > Kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org
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