Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH]: show_free_area shows free pages in pcp list | From | Rohit Seth <> | Date | Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:17:49 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 10:40 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Seth, Rohit wrote: > > > [PATCH]: The count field in pcp list represents the free pages in that list. > > Well, lets keep it the way it is. > > Its the number of free pages used by the pcp list. >
As you said, pcp is a cache of free pages. From pcp's point-of-view, this is a count of free pages that is available for use.
> Its true that these are pages that are not "used" by the system but they > are in use for the cache and not accounted for by the number of free > pages. > >
In case free is causing any confusion then I would like to get that changed to "count"...representing the number of elements on it (and the field of structure just like other values).
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