Re: allocate huge amounts of kernel memory
Re: allocate huge amounts of kernel memory
- Subject: Re: allocate huge amounts of kernel memory
- From: Umesh Vaishampayan <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:36:25 -0800
On Friday, November 8, 2002, at 02:20 AM, Heiko Panther wrote:
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Hi Umesh,
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> IOMalloc() is just a wrapper around kalloc(). kalloc() allocates
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> memory from a sub map which is limited to 16MB.
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Out of curiosity: Why do you use that sub map, and don't allocate
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straight from kernel_map? (Which is, by the way, my workaround.)
Avoid fragmentation. Avoid lock contention....
--Umesh
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Umesh Vaishampayan Apple Computer, Inc.
Mac OS X Kernel Ph: (408) 974 0229
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