Re: [PATCH] struct page shrinkage

["Bulent Abali" <abali@us.ibm.com>]

>Rik van Riel wrote:
>>
>> +               clear_bit(PG_locked, &p->flags);
>
>Please don't do this.  Please use the macros.  If they're not
>there, please create them.
>
>Bypassing the abstractions in this manner confounds people
>who are implementing global locked-page accounting.
>

Andrew,
I have an application which needs to know the total number of locked and
dirtied pages at any given time.  In which application locked-page
accounting is done?   I don't see it in base 2.5.5.   Are there any patches
or such that you can give pointers to?
Bulent


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