From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 10:49:44 -0800 (PST) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/29] Page Table Interface Explanation In-Reply-To: <20070113024540.29682.27024.sendpatchset@weill.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU> Message-ID: References: <20070113024540.29682.27024.sendpatchset@weill.orchestra.cse.unsw.EDU.AU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Paul Davies Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: I am glad to see that this endeavor is still going forward. > int copy_dual_iterator(struct mm_struct *dst_mm, struct mm_struct *src_mm, > unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, struct vm_area_struct *vma); > > unsigned long unmap_page_range_iterator(struct mmu_gather *tlb, > struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, > long *zap_work, struct zap_details *details); > > int zeromap_build_iterator(struct mm_struct *mm, > unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot); > > int remap_build_iterator(struct mm_struct *mm, > unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned long pfn, > pgprot_t prot); > > void change_protection_read_iterator(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot, > int dirty_accountable); > > void vunmap_read_iterator(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end); > > int vmap_build_iterator(unsigned long addr, > unsigned long end, pgprot_t prot, struct page ***pages); > > int unuse_vma_read_iterator(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, swp_entry_t entry, struct page *page); > > void smaps_read_iterator(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, struct mem_size_stats *mss); > > int check_policy_read_iterator(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, const nodemask_t *nodes, > unsigned long flags, void *private); > > unsigned long move_page_tables(struct vm_area_struct *vma, > unsigned long old_addr, struct vm_area_struct *new_vma, > unsigned long new_addr, unsigned long len); Why do we need so many individual specialized iterators? Isnt there some way to have a common iterator function? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org