From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:45:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:45:25 -0400 Received: from imo-m05.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.8]:49107 "EHLO imo-m05.mx.aol.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:45:07 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:44:57 -0400 From: hunghochak@netscape.net (Ho Chak Hung) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Difference between get_free_page() and page_cache_alloc() ? Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <25CCDDD8.57E86219.0F76C228@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Franklin Webmailer 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org get_free_page() returns a pointer to a page while page_cache_alloc returns a pointer to a page struct. Is page_cache_alloc more efficient than get_free_page()? Also, does get_free_page returns a pointer to a contiguous block of physical memory? Thanks __________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Webmail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/