From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750794AbVI1UaF (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:30:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750786AbVI1UaF (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:30:05 -0400 Received: from fmr15.intel.com ([192.55.52.69]:6797 "EHLO fmsfmr005.fm.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750769AbVI1UaE (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:30:04 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH]: show_free_area shows free pages in pcp list From: Rohit Seth To: Christoph Lameter Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <20050928102219.A29282@unix-os.sc.intel.com> <1127931469.5046.13.camel@akash.sc.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:37:25 -0700 Message-Id: <1127939845.5046.25.camel@akash.sc.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Sep 2005 20:29:55.0203 (UTC) FILETIME=[63095D30:01C5C46B] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2005-09-28 at 11:36 -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Rohit Seth wrote: > > > > Its the number of free pages used by the pcp list. > > As you said, pcp is a cache of free pages. From pcp's point-of-view, > > this is a count of free pages that is available for use. > > This is the number of free pages on the list. Its the number of free > pages "used" by the list and no longer accounted for by the zone > free_pages count. > As we are dumping the information so putting the field name "count" itself makes more sense. -rohit