1VM_MAP_RAM(9) Memory Management in Linux VM_MAP_RAM(9)
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6 vm_map_ram - map pages linearly into kernel virtual address (vmalloc
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10 void * vm_map_ram(struct page ** pages, unsigned int count, int node,
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15 an array of pointers to the pages to be mapped
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18 number of pages
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21 prefer to allocate data structures on this node
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24 memory protection to use. PAGE_KERNEL for regular RAM
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27 a pointer to the address that has been mapped, or NULL on failure
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30Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6. November 2011 VM_MAP_RAM(9)