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SubjectRe: [PATCH] documentation mm.h + swap.h
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Philipp Rumpf wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 06:10:16PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > --- linux-2.4.2-doc/include/linux/mm.h.orig Wed Mar 7 15:36:32 2001
> > +++ linux-2.4.2-doc/include/linux/mm.h Thu Mar 8 09:54:22 2001
> > @@ -39,32 +39,37 @@
> > * library, the executable area etc).
> > */
> > struct vm_area_struct {
> > - struct mm_struct * vm_mm; /* VM area parameters */
> > - unsigned long vm_start;
> > - unsigned long vm_end;
> > + struct mm_struct * vm_mm; /* The address space we belong to. */
> > + unsigned long vm_start; /* Our start address within vm_mm. */
> > + unsigned long vm_end; /* Our end address within vm_mm. */
>
> it might be a good idea to point out that this is the address of
> the byte after the last one covered by the vma, not the address
> of the last byte.

unsigned long vm_end; /* The first byte after our end address
within vm_mm. */

Does this look good to you ?


> (are there any architectures where we allow a vma at the end of
> memory ? Is the mm/ code handling ->vm_end = 0 correctly ?)

Good question ...

> > /*
> > + * Each physical page in the system has a struct page associated with
^^^^^^^^
> Each page of "real" RAM.

> > + *
> > + * TODO: make this structure smaller, it could be as small as 32 bytes.
>
> Or make it cover large pages, which might be even more of a win ..

*nod*

regards,

Rik
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