VMALLOC_32_USER
Section: Memory Management in Linux (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME
vmalloc_32_user - allocate zeroed virtually contiguous 32bit memory
SYNOPSIS
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void * vmalloc_32_user(unsigned long size);
ARGUMENTS
size
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- allocation size
DESCRIPTION
The resulting memory area is 32bit addressable and zeroed so it can be mapped to userspace without leaking data.
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