From: Chirayu Patel <chirayu@wipro.tcpn.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: __free_page() and free_pages() - Differences?
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 18:57:28 +0530 (GMT+0530) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95.980322184553.3977Z-100000@Kabini> (raw)
Hi ,
I am having trouble understanding the difference between
the __free_page function and free_pages function in page_alloc.c
The only difference which I can see is that free_pages decrement map->count
while __free_page decrements the page->count. Both of them eventually make
a call to free_pages_ok with identical parametrs.
Can anyone shed some light on this?
yet-another-mm-hacker,
Chirayu
next reply other threads:[~1998-03-22 13:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-03-22 13:27 Chirayu Patel [this message]
1998-03-23 21:20 ` Stephen C. Tweedie
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