MEMPOOL_RESIZE

Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

mempool_resize - resize an existing memory pool  

SYNOPSIS

int mempool_resize(mempool_t * pool, int new_min_nr, gfp_t gfp_mask);
 

ARGUMENTS

pool

pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via mempool_create.

new_min_nr

the new minimum number of elements guaranteed to be allocated for this pool.

gfp_mask

the usual allocation bitmask.
 

DESCRIPTION

This function shrinks/grows the pool. In the case of growing, it cannot be guaranteed that the pool will be grown to the new size immediately, but new mempool_free calls will refill it.

Note, the caller must guarantee that no mempool_destroy is called while this function is running. mempool_alloc & mempool_free might be called (eg. from IRQ contexts) while this function executes.  

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