hi: 2010/7/25 shailesh jain <coolworldofshail@xxxxxxxxx>: > Nope. kmalloc uses slab allocator underneath it. So, No addresses will > not be 4k aligned. > > If you care about 4k aligned addresses you should use > __get_free_page() rather than kmalloc(). > kmalloc's are used for small allocations - think about wastage of > memory if we try to place 4k alignment > requirements. thanks for your reply. so you mean we will have no idea what the alignment of memory address returned by kmalloc? thank you, vichy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
