From: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
To: imran.badr@cavium.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kernel memory swap..
Date: 10 Aug 2002 02:19:43 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1028935183.28028.9.camel@gby.benyossef.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <09b101c23fce$398781f0$9e10a8c0@IMRANPC>
On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 20:57, Imran Badr wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If I allocate some memory using kmalloc() in the linux device driver and
> will it ever be swapped to hard disk? If yes, then how can I lock the page?
AFAIK, kmalloced memory is never swapped.
Gilad.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-09 23:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-07 12:55 Why 'mrproper'? Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07 13:18 ` Chris Chabot
2002-08-07 13:58 ` DevilKin
2002-08-07 15:08 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-07 17:30 ` Heinz Diehl
2002-08-07 14:13 ` Tomas Szepe
2002-08-07 13:32 ` Matti Aarnio
2002-08-07 23:12 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-07 23:23 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-07 13:46 ` Sean Neakums
2002-08-07 17:00 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-08-07 17:13 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-07 18:51 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-08-07 20:07 ` Thunder from the hill
2002-08-07 21:07 ` Andries Brouwer
2002-08-07 23:28 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-08-09 17:47 ` Kelsey Hudson
2002-08-09 17:57 ` kernel memory swap Imran Badr
2002-08-09 19:43 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-08-09 23:19 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef [this message]
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