Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750721AbVI1Sgq (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:36:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750723AbVI1Sgq (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:36:46 -0400 Received: from omx3-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.20]:47752 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750721AbVI1Sgp (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:36:45 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:36:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Christoph Lameter To: Rohit Seth cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH]: show_free_area shows free pages in pcp list In-Reply-To: <1127931469.5046.13.camel@akash.sc.intel.com> Message-ID: References: <20050928102219.A29282@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <1127931469.5046.13.camel@akash.sc.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 626 Lines: 15 On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Rohit Seth wrote: > > 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. This is the number of free pages on the list. Its the number of free pages "used" by the list and no longer accounted for by the zone free_pages count. - 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/