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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:12:35 +0530 From: "Rick Brown" <rick.brown.3@...il.com> To: "Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)" <raziebe@...il.com> Cc: "Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] memory allocation method On 1/15/07, Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro) <raziebe@...il.com> wrote: > I have a process who allocates as much as possible of RAM > in 4 G ram 32bit machine. This buffer is never released. > > Questions: > > 1. Is it better allocates with many 1MB buffers or allocate it in with > one a big valloc ? ONe BIG vmalloc has huge, huge chances of failure. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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