Table 11.2. Low-Level Page Allocations Methods
Flag
Description
alloc_page(gfp_mask)
Allocate a single page and return a pointer to its page structure
alloc_pages(gfp_mask, order)
Allocate 2order pages and return a pointer to the first page's page structure
__get_free_page(gfp_mask)
Allocate a single page and return a pointer to its logical address
__get_free_pages(gf