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authorPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2005-09-25 08:51:50 -0400
committerPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>2005-09-25 08:51:50 -0400
commite5baa396af7560382d2cf3f0871d616b61fc284c (patch)
tree6afc166894b8c8b3b2cf6add72a726be14ae2443 /include/linux/mm.h
parentd6a4c847e43c851cc0ddf73087a730227223f989 (diff)
parentef6bd6eb90ad72ee8ee7ba8b271f27102e9a90c1 (diff)
Merge from Linus' tree.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mm.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm.h10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 82d7024f0765..097b3a3c693d 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void *objp);
136#define VM_EXEC 0x00000004 136#define VM_EXEC 0x00000004
137#define VM_SHARED 0x00000008 137#define VM_SHARED 0x00000008
138 138
139/* mprotect() hardcodes VM_MAYREAD >> 4 == VM_READ, and so for r/w/x bits. */
139#define VM_MAYREAD 0x00000010 /* limits for mprotect() etc */ 140#define VM_MAYREAD 0x00000010 /* limits for mprotect() etc */
140#define VM_MAYWRITE 0x00000020 141#define VM_MAYWRITE 0x00000020
141#define VM_MAYEXEC 0x00000040 142#define VM_MAYEXEC 0x00000040
@@ -350,7 +351,8 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page)
350 * only one copy in memory, at most, normally. 351 * only one copy in memory, at most, normally.
351 * 352 *
352 * For the non-reserved pages, page_count(page) denotes a reference count. 353 * For the non-reserved pages, page_count(page) denotes a reference count.
353 * page_count() == 0 means the page is free. 354 * page_count() == 0 means the page is free. page->lru is then used for
355 * freelist management in the buddy allocator.
354 * page_count() == 1 means the page is used for exactly one purpose 356 * page_count() == 1 means the page is used for exactly one purpose
355 * (e.g. a private data page of one process). 357 * (e.g. a private data page of one process).
356 * 358 *
@@ -376,10 +378,8 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page)
376 * attaches, plus 1 if `private' contains something, plus one for 378 * attaches, plus 1 if `private' contains something, plus one for
377 * the page cache itself. 379 * the page cache itself.
378 * 380 *
379 * All pages belonging to an inode are in these doubly linked lists: 381 * Instead of keeping dirty/clean pages in per address-space lists, we instead
380 * mapping->clean_pages, mapping->dirty_pages and mapping->locked_pages; 382 * now tag pages as dirty/under writeback in the radix tree.
381 * using the page->list list_head. These fields are also used for
382 * freelist managemet (when page_count()==0).
383 * 383 *
384 * There is also a per-mapping radix tree mapping index to the page 384 * There is also a per-mapping radix tree mapping index to the page
385 * in memory if present. The tree is rooted at mapping->root. 385 * in memory if present. The tree is rooted at mapping->root.