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Re: (struct page *)->list

To: Bulent Abali <abali@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: (struct page *)->list
From: "Benjamin C.R. LaHaise" <blah@kvack.org>
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 21:39:36 -0400 (EDT)
cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
In-Reply-To: <OFF7EEC8B0.74CE8D02-ON85256A27.0079C289@pok.ibm.com>
Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org

On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Bulent Abali wrote:

> The question is if I unhook the page->list field after
> page=alloc_page() and add page->list to my private linked list
> will that cause a problem elsewhere in the kernel?

This isn't portable between 2.2 and 2.4.  Treating struct page as an
opaque type is the recommended strategy.

		-ben

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References:
- (struct page *)->list
  - From: "Bulent Abali" <abali@us.ibm.com>

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