mempool_alloc(9)
NAME
mempool_alloc - allocate an element from a specific memory pool
SYNOPSIS
void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t * pool, gfp_t gfp_mask);
ARGUMENTS
- pool
- pointer to the memory pool which was allocated via mempool_create.
- gfp_mask
- the usual allocation bitmask.
DESCRIPTION
this function only sleeps if the alloc_fn function sleeps or returns
NULL. Note that due to preallocation, this function *never* fails when
called from process contexts. (it might fail if called from an IRQ
context.)