From: Martin Dalecki <dalecki@evision-ventures.com>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Cc: kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages?
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 12:21:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BF4F6A6.10163203@evision-ventures.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011115233528.A7496@elf.ucw.cz>
Pavel Machek wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> free_pages() exists.
> __get_free_pages() exists.
> get_free_pages() does not. Why? What's the reason get_free_pages
> always has two underscores at the beggining?
That's purposedly so to discourage the usage of it, since this
function should be considered as an "implementation detail" I think.
> --
> STOP THE WAR! Someone killed innocent Americans. That does not give
> U.S. right to kill people in Afganistan.
That where not just Americans who died there.
The best way to stop a war is sometimes just to win it fast.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-11-16 11:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-11-15 22:35 __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages? Pavel Machek
2001-11-16 11:21 ` Martin Dalecki [this message]
2001-11-16 14:25 ` David Woodhouse
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