Re: what is vmalloc?

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--- On Thu, 10/16/08, Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: what is vmalloc?
> To: fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 3:34 PM
> Dear all,
> 
> I am just recovering from the kernel panic, I saw when the
> system was booting, I saw something like ext4 malloc or
> something like that.  
> 
> I run 
> 
> [olivares@riohigh ~]$ dmesg | grep 'malloc'
>     vmalloc : 0xe0800000 - 0xff3fe000   ( 491 MB)
> 
> 
> What is vmalloc?
> 
> Is it virtual memory allocation?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Antonio
> 
> [olivares@riohigh ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27-13.fc10.i686
> [root@riohigh ~]# /sbin/blkid -s TYPE /dev/sda5
> /dev/sda5: TYPE="ext4" 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>       
> 
> -- 


Sorry to all users for taking your time, I have found the answer sorry to ask without looking before :(

http://www.research.att.com/~gsf/download/ref/vmalloc/vmalloc.html

Regards,

Antonio 


      

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