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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 82d7024f0765..0d94c94d9d81 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h | |||
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page) | |||
350 | * only one copy in memory, at most, normally. | 350 | * only one copy in memory, at most, normally. |
351 | * | 351 | * |
352 | * For the non-reserved pages, page_count(page) denotes a reference count. | 352 | * For the non-reserved pages, page_count(page) denotes a reference count. |
353 | * page_count() == 0 means the page is free. | 353 | * page_count() == 0 means the page is free. page->lru is then used for |
354 | * freelist management in the buddy allocator. | ||
354 | * page_count() == 1 means the page is used for exactly one purpose | 355 | * page_count() == 1 means the page is used for exactly one purpose |
355 | * (e.g. a private data page of one process). | 356 | * (e.g. a private data page of one process). |
356 | * | 357 | * |
@@ -376,10 +377,8 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page) | |||
376 | * attaches, plus 1 if `private' contains something, plus one for | 377 | * attaches, plus 1 if `private' contains something, plus one for |
377 | * the page cache itself. | 378 | * the page cache itself. |
378 | * | 379 | * |
379 | * All pages belonging to an inode are in these doubly linked lists: | 380 | * Instead of keeping dirty/clean pages in per address-space lists, we instead |
380 | * mapping->clean_pages, mapping->dirty_pages and mapping->locked_pages; | 381 | * 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 | * | 382 | * |
384 | * There is also a per-mapping radix tree mapping index to the page | 383 | * 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. | 384 | * in memory if present. The tree is rooted at mapping->root. |