On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Robert Read wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:46:33PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
> >
> > page_cache_drop(page); <= removes your extra count
>
> I can't find that function, do you mean page_cache_free() and
> page_cache_release(), both are aliases for __free_page(). Maybe
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Robert Read wrote:
On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:46:33PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
page_cache_drop(page); = removes your extra count
I can't find that function, do you mean page_cache_free() and
page_cache_release(), both are aliases for __free_page(). Maybe
we need
On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:46:33PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> page_cache_drop(page); <= removes your extra count
I can't find that function, do you mean page_cache_free() and
page_cache_release(), both are aliases for __free_page(). Maybe we
need another alias. :)
Should non-page cache
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Sourav Sen wrote:
> Suppose I want to wire-down( as they call in BSD ) a page
> in memory, how I go about doing that? (I guess by setting the
> PG_locked bit of the flags field in the struct page, I can do
> it, am I right?)
Linux simply uses page->count for this. By
Hi,
I am a novice in this exciting kernel world, so
my questions may be a bit naive, please bear with me.(I am student at
IISc, Bangalore).
Suppose I want to wire-down( as they call in BSD ) a page in
memory, how I go about doing that? (I guess by setting the PG_locked bit
of
Hi,
I am a novice in this exciting kernel world, so
my questions may be a bit naive, please bear with me.(I am student at
IISc, Bangalore).
Suppose I want to wire-down( as they call in BSD ) a page in
memory, how I go about doing that? (I guess by setting the PG_locked bit
of
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Sourav Sen wrote:
Suppose I want to wire-down( as they call in BSD ) a page
in memory, how I go about doing that? (I guess by setting the
PG_locked bit of the flags field in the struct page, I can do
it, am I right?)
Linux simply uses page-count for this. By using
On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:46:33PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
page_cache_drop(page); = removes your extra count
I can't find that function, do you mean page_cache_free() and
page_cache_release(), both are aliases for __free_page(). Maybe we
need another alias. :)
Should non-page cache
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