Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262511AbVE0STI (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 May 2005 14:19:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262516AbVE0STH (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 May 2005 14:19:07 -0400 Received: from web33008.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.72]:26982 "HELO web33008.mail.mud.yahoo.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262511AbVE0SS4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 May 2005 14:18:56 -0400 Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; b=NCKjC2YUg0E1e5kuuy5lE2yKugXfq3bGEVKkwSSi8RB6pZoaowZqlaahMKKOXHQPbew9tda+1KK/12VVk3i7ggW3NclfizuKHlSqSShuEAgTptrN2N3S+Rq7vJR1NcOKlMrnXPITVyw8Lwzv5OsvThVjYMP8yJV7+qsSIMcCqjg= ; Message-ID: <20050527181851.69524.qmail@web33008.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 11:18:51 -0700 (PDT) From: cranium2003 Subject: kernel memory usage any restrictions? To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 792 Lines: 20 hello, Is there any restricition on using kernel's memory? also if i require to use some kernel memory say 625kB by allocating that in GFP_ATOMIC mode flag, what will be the side effects on kernel memory if i use that 625kB memory available from kernel memory for my kernel source code additions to kernel? I require answer with respect to 2.4 and 2.6 kernel. regards, cranium. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/