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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.
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