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Re: addresses returned by __get_free_pages()

Hi,

On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 10:21:33AM +0100, Martin Maletinsky wrote:
 
> In the 2.4.x kernel, can I apply the virt_to_page() macro to any address allocated by __get_free_pages() (i.e. when calling ret = __get_free_pages(flags, order), to any
> address in the interval [retval,  2^order * PAGE_SIZE])?

Yes, but it's easier just to call "alloc_pages(flags, order)", which
returns a struct page in the first place.

> In other words are those addresses guaranteed to be kernel logical addresses (i.e. between PAGE_OFFSET and PAGE_OFFSET + high_memory (on ix86))?

Yes, unless you specify GFP_HIGHMEM in the allocation flags.

Cheers,
 Stephen
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