On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 17:04:13 +0200, Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Tue, 2011-04-12 at 12:28 +0200, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
> Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> +void __free_pages_exact(struct page *page, size_t nr_pages)
>> +{
>> + struct page *end = page + nr_pages;
>> +
>> + while (page < end) {
>> + __free_page(page);
>> + page++;
>> + }
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__free_pages_exact);
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:22:23 +0200, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Really, this function duplicates release_pages().
It requires an array of pointers to pages which is not great though if
one
just wants to free a contiguous sequence of pages.
Actually, the various mem_map[]s _are_ arrays, at least up to
MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES at a time. We can use that property here.
In that case, waiting eagerly for the new patch. :)
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