Re: [patch 1/2] x86: track memtype for RAM in page struct

[Ingo Molnar]

* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.

it should be defined in include/asm-x86/page.h though, not in 
page-flags.h - other architectures are using this flag for other 
purposes.

	Ingo
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/