Create the ZONE_MOVABLE zone
[linux-2.6/mini2440.git] / mm / util.c
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1 #include <linux/slab.h>
2 #include <linux/string.h>
3 #include <linux/module.h>
4 #include <linux/err.h>
5 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
7 /**
8 * __kzalloc - allocate memory. The memory is set to zero.
9 * @size: how many bytes of memory are required.
10 * @flags: the type of memory to allocate.
12 void *__kzalloc(size_t size, gfp_t flags)
14 void *ret = kmalloc_track_caller(size, flags);
15 if (ret)
16 memset(ret, 0, size);
17 return ret;
19 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kzalloc);
22 * kstrdup - allocate space for and copy an existing string
24 * @s: the string to duplicate
25 * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory
27 char *kstrdup(const char *s, gfp_t gfp)
29 size_t len;
30 char *buf;
32 if (!s)
33 return NULL;
35 len = strlen(s) + 1;
36 buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len, gfp);
37 if (buf)
38 memcpy(buf, s, len);
39 return buf;
41 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrdup);
43 /**
44 * kmemdup - duplicate region of memory
46 * @src: memory region to duplicate
47 * @len: memory region length
48 * @gfp: GFP mask to use
50 void *kmemdup(const void *src, size_t len, gfp_t gfp)
52 void *p;
54 p = kmalloc_track_caller(len, gfp);
55 if (p)
56 memcpy(p, src, len);
57 return p;
59 EXPORT_SYMBOL(kmemdup);
62 * strndup_user - duplicate an existing string from user space
64 * @s: The string to duplicate
65 * @n: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
67 char *strndup_user(const char __user *s, long n)
69 char *p;
70 long length;
72 length = strnlen_user(s, n);
74 if (!length)
75 return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
77 if (length > n)
78 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
80 p = kmalloc(length, GFP_KERNEL);
82 if (!p)
83 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
85 if (copy_from_user(p, s, length)) {
86 kfree(p);
87 return ERR_PTR(-EFAULT);
90 p[length - 1] = '\0';
92 return p;
94 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strndup_user);