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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:08:45 -0800
From: Robert Read <rread@datarithm.net>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: Wiring down Pages
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0012211845070.1613-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>; from riel@conectiva.com.br on Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:46:33PM -0200
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 06:46:33PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
> 
> page_cache_drop(page); <= removes your extra count

I can't find that function, do you mean page_cache_free() and
page_cache_release(), both are aliases for __free_page(). Maybe we
need another alias. :)

Should non-page cache related code use get_page() and __free_page()
directly?  Or should the page_cache_* macros be used everywhere?

robert
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