Hi.... :) On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 1:32 AM, Subramaniam Appadodharana <c.a.subramaniam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi All, > I am trying to understand how vmalloc memory is reserved in kernel. In 3.4+ > latest kernel, the default vmalloc size is 240MB. vmalloc reserved address range, you meant? >Is this a carveout from > the 1GiB memory that kernel has? Yup.... > In other words can I do a __pa(VMALLOC_START) or __pa(VMALLOC_END) > or __pa(highmemory) irrespective of the vmalloc size that I request, say > doing vmalloc=1G? uhm....not sure....vmalloc-ed is not physically contigous. Also, it is set up far after identity mapping setup. So, the value you get from __pa() IMHO would be likely invalid or has no meaning. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
