* kmalloc size limit?
@ 2016-08-19 18:39 Muni Sekhar
2016-08-22 12:12 ` Michal Hocko
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From: Muni Sekhar @ 2016-08-19 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Hi All,
I would like to know what is the maximum size limit for kmalloc() API
to return a valid memory?
Does the size limit varies based on the flags argument?
--
Thanks,
Sekhar
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* Re: kmalloc size limit?
2016-08-19 18:39 kmalloc size limit? Muni Sekhar
@ 2016-08-22 12:12 ` Michal Hocko
2016-08-22 13:04 ` Muni Sekhar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Michal Hocko @ 2016-08-22 12:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Muni Sekhar; +Cc: linux-kernel
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
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* Re: kmalloc size limit?
2016-08-22 12:12 ` Michal Hocko
@ 2016-08-22 13:04 ` Muni Sekhar
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From: Muni Sekhar @ 2016-08-22 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Michal Hocko; +Cc: linux-kernel
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> wrote:
> 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
Thanks Michal.
>
>> 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
--
Thanks,
Sekhar
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