1VMALLOC_USER(9) Memory Management in Linux VMALLOC_USER(9)
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NAME
6vmalloc_user - allocate zeroed virtually contiguous memory for
7userspace
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SYNOPSIS
10void * vmalloc_user(unsigned long size);
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ARGUMENTS
13size
14allocation size
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DESCRIPTION
17The resulting memory area is zeroed so it can be mapped to userspace
18without leaking data.
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COPYRIGHT
21Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10 June 2019 VMALLOC_USER(9)