Name

kmem_cache_alloc — Allocate an object

Synopsis

void * kmem_cache_alloc (struct kmem_cache * cachep,
 gfp_t flags);
 

Arguments

struct kmem_cache * cachep

The cache to allocate from.

gfp_t flags

See kmalloc.

Description

Allocate an object from this cache. The flags are only relevant if the cache has no available objects.