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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
| -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) * only one copy in memory, at most, normally. * * For the non-reserved pages, page_count(page) denotes a reference count. - * page_count() == 0 means the page is free. + * page_count() == 0 means the page is free. page->lru is then used for + * freelist management in the buddy allocator. * page_count() == 1 means the page is used for exactly one purpose * (e.g. a private data page of one process). * @@ -376,10 +377,8 @@ static inline void put_page(struct page *page) * attaches, plus 1 if `private' contains something, plus one for * the page cache itself. * - * All pages belonging to an inode are in these doubly linked lists: - * mapping->clean_pages, mapping->dirty_pages and mapping->locked_pages; - * using the page->list list_head. These fields are also used for - * freelist managemet (when page_count()==0). + * Instead of keeping dirty/clean pages in per address-space lists, we instead + * now tag pages as dirty/under writeback in the radix tree. * * There is also a per-mapping radix tree mapping index to the page * in memory if present. The tree is rooted at mapping->root. |