-----Original Message----- From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gaurav Dhiman Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 12:04 PM To: kernelnewbies Subject: query related to kmalloc() >Hi, > >Just wanted to know, is it a good idea to kmalloc for a small structure. For example if I define a structure in kernel of 10 bytes, and I want to get the memory allocated >dynamically for it N number of times, is it good to kmalloc for it every time. I'm no kernel expert, but probably you could allocate some pages (if you know the maximum you might need) using kmalloc and then write your own allocator to allocate memory from this pool in desired sizes. That way there is only one call to kmalloc. Thanks, YV -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
