Re: freeing memory

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl)
Date: Sun Oct 22 2000 - 12:09:41 EST

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mdaljeet@in.ibm.com said:
> i am allocating some 1000 bytes of memory as folows
>
> f_malloc()
> {
> .....
> for (i=1 to 10)
> {
> size = 1000;
> pAddr[i] = (unsigned long) kmalloc(size, GFP_DMA | GFP_BUFFER);
> }
> ...
> }

You don't check if you got the memory (GFP_DMA is _hard_ to get)

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