On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:57:55 -0700 Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [PATCH V7 1/4] mm: frontswap: swap data structure changes > > This first patch of four in the frontswap series makes available core > swap data structures (swap_lock, swap_list and swap_info) that are > needed by frontswap.c but we don't need to expose them to the dozens > of files that include swap.h so we create a new swapfile.h just to > extern-ify these. > > Also add frontswap-related elements to swap_info_struct. Frontswap_map > points to vzalloc'ed one-bit-per-swap-page metadata that indicates > whether the swap page is in frontswap or in the device and frontswap_pages > counts how many pages are in frontswap. > > [v7: rebase to 3.0-rc3] > [v7: JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx: add new swap struct elements only if config'd] > [v6: rebase to 3.0-rc1] > [v5: no change from v4] > [v4: rebase to 2.6.39] > Signed-off-by: Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Konrad Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Seth Jennings <sjenning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> > Cc: Chris Mason <chris.mason@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rik Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hmm....could you modify mm/swapfile.c and remove 'static' in the same patch ? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. 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>