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From: Robert Read <rread@datarithm.net>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
Cc: Sourav Sen <sourav@csa.iisc.ernet.in>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Wiring down Pages
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:08:45 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20001221150845.I24558@tenchi.datarithm.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.1001222011552.20552A-100000@kohinoor.csa.iisc.ernet.in> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012211845070.1613-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012211845070.1613-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:46:33PM -0200

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 related code use get_page() and __free_page()
directly?  Or should the page_cache_* macros be used everywhere?

robert
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  reply	other threads:[~2000-12-21 23:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-12-21 19:46 Sourav Sen
2000-12-21 20:46 ` Rik van Riel
2000-12-21 23:08   ` Robert Read [this message]
2000-12-22 11:24     ` Rik van Riel

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