On Thu, 7 Apr 2011, Dave Hansen wrote: > > alloc_pages_exact() returns a virtual address. But, alloc_pages() returns > a 'struct page *'. That makes for very confused kernel hackers. > > __get_free_pages(), on the other hand, returns virtual addresses. That > makes alloc_pages_exact() a much closer match to __get_free_pages(), so > rename it to get_free_pages_exact(). > The patch also reverses the arguments of the function in include/linux/gfp.h, undoubtedly to resemble the (mask, order) appearance of __get_free_pages(): -void *alloc_pages_exact(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask); +void *get_free_pages_exact(gfp_t gfp_mask, size_t size); > Note that alloc_pages_exact()'s partner, free_pages_exact() already > matches free_pages(), so we do not have to touch the free side of things. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > linux-2.6.git-dave/drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c | 2 +- > linux-2.6.git-dave/drivers/video/mxsfb.c | 2 +- > linux-2.6.git-dave/drivers/video/pxafb.c | 4 ++-- > linux-2.6.git-dave/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c | 2 +- > linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/gfp.h | 2 +- > linux-2.6.git-dave/kernel/profile.c | 2 +- > linux-2.6.git-dave/mm/page_alloc.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------ > linux-2.6.git-dave/mm/page_cgroup.c | 2 +- > 8 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) > > diff -puN drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c > --- linux-2.6.git/drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name 2011-04-07 08:37:58.074400957 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/drivers/video/fsl-diu-fb.c 2011-04-07 08:37:58.186400949 -0700 > @@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ static void *fsl_diu_alloc(size_t size, > > pr_debug("size=%zu\n", size); > > - virt = alloc_pages_exact(size, GFP_DMA | __GFP_ZERO); > + virt = get_free_pages_exact(GFP_DMA | __GFP_ZERO, size); > if (virt) { > *phys = virt_to_phys(virt); > pr_debug("virt=%p phys=%llx\n", virt, > diff -puN drivers/video/pxafb.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name drivers/video/pxafb.c > --- linux-2.6.git/drivers/video/pxafb.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name 2011-04-07 08:37:58.078400957 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/drivers/video/pxafb.c 2011-04-07 08:39:16.198395385 -0700 > @@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static int __devinit pxafb_overlay_map_v > /* We assume that user will use at most video_mem_size for overlay fb, > * anyway, it's useless to use 16bpp main plane and 24bpp overlay > */ > - ofb->video_mem = alloc_pages_exact(PAGE_ALIGN(pxafb->video_mem_size), > + ofb->video_mem = get_free_pages_exact(PAGE_ALIGN(pxafb->video_mem_size), > GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO); > if (ofb->video_mem == NULL) > return -ENOMEM; Doesn't look like this is using the arguments in the newly changed order. > @@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ static int __devinit pxafb_init_video_me > { > int size = PAGE_ALIGN(fbi->video_mem_size); > > - fbi->video_mem = alloc_pages_exact(size, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO); > + fbi->video_mem = get_free_pages_exact(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, size); > if (fbi->video_mem == NULL) > return -ENOMEM; > > diff -puN drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c > --- linux-2.6.git/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name 2011-04-07 08:37:58.082400957 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/drivers/virtio/virtio_pci.c 2011-04-07 08:37:58.190400949 -0700 > @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *setup_vq(struct > info->msix_vector = msix_vec; > > size = PAGE_ALIGN(vring_size(num, VIRTIO_PCI_VRING_ALIGN)); > - info->queue = alloc_pages_exact(size, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO); > + info->queue = get_free_pages_exact(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, size); > if (info->queue == NULL) { > err = -ENOMEM; > goto out_info; > diff -puN include/linux/gfp.h~change-alloc_pages_exact-name include/linux/gfp.h > --- linux-2.6.git/include/linux/gfp.h~change-alloc_pages_exact-name 2011-04-07 08:37:58.086400956 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/include/linux/gfp.h 2011-04-07 08:37:58.190400949 -0700 > @@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ extern struct page *alloc_pages_vma(gfp_ > extern unsigned long __get_free_pages(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order); > extern unsigned long get_zeroed_page(gfp_t gfp_mask); > > -void *alloc_pages_exact(size_t size, gfp_t gfp_mask); > +void *get_free_pages_exact(gfp_t gfp_mask, size_t size); > void free_pages_exact(void *virt, size_t size); > > #define __get_free_page(gfp_mask) \ > diff -puN kernel/profile.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name kernel/profile.c > --- linux-2.6.git/kernel/profile.c~change-alloc_pages_exact-name 2011-04-07 08:37:58.090400955 -0700 > +++ linux-2.6.git-dave/kernel/profile.c 2011-04-07 08:37:58.190400949 -0700 > @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int __ref profile_init(void) > if (prof_buffer) > return 0; > > - prof_buffer = alloc_pages_exact(buffer_bytes, > + prof_buffer = get_free_pages_exact(buffer_bytes, > GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO|__GFP_NOWARN); > if (prof_buffer) > return 0; Here either. Everything else looks good, so once these are corrected: Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>