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SubjectRe: [PATCH]: show_free_area shows free pages in pcp list
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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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