1ALLOC_VM_AREA(9)          Memory Management in Linux          ALLOC_VM_AREA(9)
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NAME

6       alloc_vm_area - allocate a range of kernel address space
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SYNOPSIS

9       struct vm_struct * alloc_vm_area(size_t size, pte_t ** ptes);
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ARGUMENTS

12       size
13           size of the area
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16           returns the PTEs for the address space
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RETURNS

19       NULL on failure, vm_struct on success
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21       This function reserves a range of kernel address space, and allocates
22       pagetables to map that range. No actual mappings are created.
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24       If ptes is non-NULL, pointers to the PTEs (in init_mm) allocated for
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28Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10         June 2019                  ALLOC_VM_AREA(9)
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