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* kmalloc
@ 2004-06-01 22:53 venkata ramana
  2004-06-02  6:12 ` kmalloc Jan-Benedict Glaw
  2004-06-02  8:50 ` kmalloc Glynn Clements
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: venkata ramana @ 2004-06-01 22:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-c-programming

Will the kmalloc system call fail to allocate more than 131072 bytes
of memory? If so, Is there anyway to change this limit?

thanks,
ramana,

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* Re: kmalloc
  2004-06-01 22:53 kmalloc venkata ramana
@ 2004-06-02  6:12 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
  2004-06-02  8:50 ` kmalloc Glynn Clements
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw @ 2004-06-02  6:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-c-programming

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On Wed, 2004-06-02 04:23:32 +0530, venkata ramana <uvramana@gmail.com>
wrote in message <8158840804060115534de05277@mail.gmail.com>:
> Will the kmalloc system call fail to allocate more than 131072 bytes
> of memory? If so, Is there anyway to change this limit?

Just handle it's return code properly.

MfG, JBG

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* Re: kmalloc
  2004-06-01 22:53 kmalloc venkata ramana
  2004-06-02  6:12 ` kmalloc Jan-Benedict Glaw
@ 2004-06-02  8:50 ` Glynn Clements
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Glynn Clements @ 2004-06-02  8:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: venkata ramana; +Cc: linux-c-programming


venkata ramana wrote:

> Will the kmalloc system call fail to allocate more than 131072 bytes
> of memory? If so, Is there anyway to change this limit?

kmalloc isn't a system call, it's a kernel function.

Questions about kernel internals should be addressed to the
linux-kernel list.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements@virgin.net>

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