Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:28:22 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: PATCH][1/8] 2.6.15 mlock: make_pages_wired/unwired |
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Stone Wang wrote: > We dont account HugeTLB pages for: > > 1. HugeTLB pages themselves are not reclaimable. > > 2. If we count HugeTLB pages in "Wired",then we would have no mind > how many of the "Wired" are HugeTLB pages, and how many are > normal-size pages. > Thus, hard to get a clear map of physical memory use,for example: > how many pages are reclaimable? > If we must count HugeTLB pages,more fields should be added to > "/proc/meminfo", > for exmaple: "Wired HugeTLB:", "Wired Normal:". >
Then why do you wire them at all? Your unwire function does not appear to be able to unwire them.
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