Re: using kmalloc

[Tommy Reynolds]

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Uttered "chiranjeevi vaka" <[e-mail]>, spoke thus:

>  I am trying to get something around 600 to 1000 bytes
>  using kmalloc. This one is for some changes in TCP/IP
>  stack. I am trying to implement a new kernel data
>  structure in tcp layer. So can you suggest me what
>  functionality to use to come out of that hanging.

Be sure to use "kmalloc( 1000, GFP_ATOMIC )" if you don't want to block waiting
for the memory.  Check for a NULL result, because you might not be able to get
the memory.
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