On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Rik van Riel wrote: > Exactly, not swapping kernel memory is so much simpler that > the complexity and space saved by that assumption are probably > as large as the amount of kernel memory we could save by swapping > it out ;) > > regards, I have a question for Rik, If the vmallocd memory is immediately backed by physical pages by something like get_free_pages(), then why the need for vmalloc is there at all? I mean we may as well use kmalloc. Is it the case that vmalloc is used when one is not too sure if required contiguous physical memory will be available or not? regards sourav > > Rik > -- > DMCA, SSSCA, W3C? Who cares? http://thefreeworld.net/ (volunteers needed) > > http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/ > > - > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies > Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/ > - Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ IRC Channel: irc.openprojects.net / #kernelnewbies Web Page: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/
