Re: [patch 1/2] x86: track memtype for RAM in page struct
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Sat Sep 13 2008 - 13:03:38 EST
Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote:
> From: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [patch 1/2] x86: track memtype for RAM in page struct
>
> Track the memtype for RAM pages in page struct instead of using the memtype
> list. This avoids the explosion in the number of entries in memtype list
> (of the order of 20,000 with AGP) and makes the PAT tracking simpler. We are
> using PG_arch_1 bit in page->flags.
>
Please define PG_arch_1 a proper name so that its easy to tell its being
used just by looking at page-flags.h.
J
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