Re: Simple question about vmalloc()

[Kiran Kumar <immidi_kiran@yahoo.com>]

--- "Curran, Dominic" <dcurran@ti.com> wrote:
> If I allocate virtual memory in the kernel using
> vmalloc(), can I read/write
> to this virtual memory from interrupt context ?
> 
> i.e. can the memory returned from vmalloc() be paged
> out (thus making it
> page fault when accessed from interrupt context).

  AFAIK, kernel memory is not swapped out. So it can
be safely used from interrupt context.


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Regards,
Kiran Kumar Immidi

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