* __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages?
@ 2001-11-15 22:35 Pavel Machek
2001-11-16 11:21 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-11-16 14:25 ` David Woodhouse
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From: Pavel Machek @ 2001-11-15 22:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kernel list
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?
Pavel
--
STOP THE WAR! Someone killed innocent Americans. That does not give
U.S. right to kill people in Afganistan.
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* Re: __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages?
2001-11-15 22:35 __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages? Pavel Machek
@ 2001-11-16 11:21 ` Martin Dalecki
2001-11-16 14:25 ` David Woodhouse
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From: Martin Dalecki @ 2001-11-16 11:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Pavel Machek; +Cc: kernel list
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.
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* Re: __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages?
2001-11-15 22:35 __get_free_pages but no get_free_pages? Pavel Machek
2001-11-16 11:21 ` Martin Dalecki
@ 2001-11-16 14:25 ` David Woodhouse
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From: David Woodhouse @ 2001-11-16 14:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: dalecki; +Cc: Pavel Machek, kernel list
dalecki@evision-ventures.com said:
> That's purposedly so to discourage the usage of it, since this
> function should be considered as an "implementation detail" I think.
An implementation detail that should be hidden from generic code.
Like the fact that we use slabs for malloc?
--
dwmw2
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