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Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:12:33 +0200
From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org>
To: Muni Sekhar <munisekharrms@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: kmalloc size limit?
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On Sat 20-08-16 00:09:53, Muni Sekhar wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to know what is the maximum size limit for kmalloc() API
> to return a valid memory?

KMALLOC_MAX_CACHE_SIZE

> Does the size limit varies based on the flags argument?

no but different flags can greatly influence how succesful such an
allocation can be.
-- 
Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs