June 25, 2006 KMEM_ZALLOC 9

### NAME

kmem_zalloc - allocate zero-initialized kernel wired memory

### SYNOPSIS

```void``*` kmem_zalloc(```size_t size``, km_flag_t kmflags`)

### DESCRIPTION

kmem_zalloc(``) is the equivalent of kmem_alloc(``), except that it initializes the memory to zero.

### SEE ALSO

intro(9), kmem_alloc(9), kmem_free(9), memoryallocators(9)

### CAVEATS

kmem_zalloc(``) can not be used from interrupt context.