Re: 128 kbytes allocation limit for kmalloc?

[Brian Gerst]

mailarch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is it possible to allocate more than 128 kbytes in a kernel lkm module?
> When I allocate more than 128 kbytes with the kmalloc call, kmalloc returns NULL.

No.  Use vmalloc().  Keep in mind that kernel memory is a limited 
resource, so don't use more memory that you really have to.

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				Brian Gerst
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