Messages in this thread |  | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: Is an outside module supposed to use page cache? | Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2001 01:07:41 +0200 |
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On Thursday 28 June 2001 20:16, Ho Chak Hung wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to develop a module that makes use of the page cache(by > allocating a LOT of pages use page_cache_alloc and then add_to_page_cache). > However, I got some unresolved symbols error during insmod.(because the > symbols related to lru_cache_add.... etc are not exported?) . I am just > wondering if I am not building a file system but at the same time want to > allocate a lot of pages of physical memory to store something that has no > backup storage as a file, should I add it to the page cache? Any advice > would be greatly appreciated
Why not use vmalloc?
If you must, just export the symbols you need, write your code, then either:
a) Explain to Linus why the world needs those symbols exported b) Refine your approach to do it without those symbols
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