On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 14:40 -0700, David Rientjes 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); Thanks. I dumped the fixes for that in the second patch. Whoops. Will repost. -- Dave -- 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>