[net-next PATCH 24/27] mm: Add support for releasing multiple instances of a page

2016-10-25 Thread Alexander Duyck
This patch adds a function that allows us to batch free a page that has multiple references outstanding. Specifically this function can be used to drop a page being used in the page frag alloc cache. With this drivers can make use of functionality similar to the page frag alloc cache without

[net-next PATCH 24/27] mm: Add support for releasing multiple instances of a page

2016-10-25 Thread Alexander Duyck
This patch adds a function that allows us to batch free a page that has multiple references outstanding. Specifically this function can be used to drop a page being used in the page frag alloc cache. With this drivers can make use of functionality similar to the page frag alloc cache without