Re: Packing data in kernel memory

[Jan Engelhardt]

>Subject: Packing data in kernel memory
>

Can't you just use mlock(), if you want to keep it in RAM?

Or do you need it in kernel memory, because you need it in the lowmem area? 
Or for interaction with other kernel code?

>Is there a way to pack and store arbitrary data in the kernel, or do I
>need to roll my own?
>

Write a device driver, kmalloc some buffer, and copy data via a write 
function from userspace to that buffer. Should be trivial.

>1 excess pages, 4 units wasted memory.

Of course, kmalloc only works up to some boundary AFIACS.


Jan Engelhardt
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