Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: mm question | Date | Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:07:39 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> It does not have to be contiguous. I was thinking of simply starting with > the smallest address and trying to free the pages until the needed amount > is available. But I have no idea how to properly do locking or force the > page to be swapped out or something.
You can simply get_free_page() 300K of pages. However you can't land them in a given band other than the existing "below 16Mb" "below 4Gb" "anywhere" bands.
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