VMALLOC(9)                          Memory Management in Linux                         VMALLOC(9)



NAME
       vmalloc - allocate virtually contiguous memory

SYNOPSIS
       void * vmalloc(unsigned long size);

ARGUMENTS
       size
           allocation size Allocate enough pages to cover size from the page level allocator and
           map them into contiguous kernel virtual space.

DESCRIPTION
       For tight control over page level allocator and protection flags use __vmalloc instead.

COPYRIGHT
Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.                 January 2017                                VMALLOC(9)