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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:43:53 +0000
Subject: Re: Extend clear_page by an order parameter
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To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> wrote:
>
> A cluster of 2^n contiguous pages
>  isn't one page by any normal definition.

It is, actually, from the POV of the page allocator.  It's a "higher order
page" and is controlled by a struct page*, just like a zero-order page...