Name
kmem_cache_alloc_node —
Allocate an object on the specified node
Synopsis
void * kmem_cache_alloc_node (kmem_cache_t * cachep, gfp_t flags, int nodeid);
Arguments
cachep
The cache to allocate from.
flags
See kmalloc.
nodeid
node number of the target node.
Description
Identical to kmem_cache_alloc, except that this function is slow
and can sleep. And it will allocate memory on the given node, which
can improve the performance for cpu bound structures.
New and improved
it will now make sure that the object gets
put on the correct node list so that there is no false sharing.