[Click] Memory allocation

[Eddie Kohler]

Try CLICK_LALLOC(size) and CLICK_LFREE(pointer, size), which allow larger 
allocations than operator new.  'git grep LALLOC'

But you may just be doomed.  It is not generally possible to allocate GBs in 
the kernel as far as I know.

Eddie


On 02/07/2011 09:22 AM, Nilay Vaish wrote:
> I am running click at the kernel level. I have a click module, in which I
> need to allocate memory. The size of allocation can run in to GBs. I am
> currently using new operator to allocate the memory. For small sizes (a
> couple of MBs), new works fine. But for larger sizes, a segmentation fault
> occurs. Should I use a different function for allocation of memory? I
> think kernel modules do not use malloc / new.
>
> Thanks
> Nilay
>
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