Kernel Memory Allocation

Functions
void	kmalloc_init ()
	Initialize the kernel memory allocator. More...
void *	kmalloc (size_t size)
	kernel malloc More...
void	kfree (void *addr)
	kernel free More...
void	kcompact ()
	Compact the kernel memory allocation table. More...

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

void kcompact

(

)

Compact the kernel memory allocation table.

This shouldn't need to be called from outside

See also

kmalloc(), kfree()

void kfree

(

void *

addr

)

kernel free

Parameters

addr	The virtual address previously allocated by kmalloc

See also

kmalloc()

void* kmalloc

(

size_t

size

)

kernel malloc

Parameters

size	The size in bytes of the memory to allocate

Returns

The virtual address of the allocated space

See also

kfree()

void kmalloc_init

(

)

Initialize the kernel memory allocator.

Requires that the physical memory manager and the virtual memory manager be initialized too

See also

kmalloc(), kfree()