Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750713AbVI1SKf (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:10:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750714AbVI1SKf (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:10:35 -0400 Received: from fmr13.intel.com ([192.55.52.67]:1249 "EHLO fmsfmr001.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750713AbVI1SKe (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:10:34 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH]: show_free_area shows free pages in pcp list From: Rohit Seth To: Christoph Lameter Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <20050928102219.A29282@unix-os.sc.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:17:49 -0700 Message-Id: <1127931469.5046.13.camel@akash.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Sep 2005 18:10:23.0999 (UTC) FILETIME=[E56900F0:01C5C457] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1009 Lines: 29 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). - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/