linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] replace various uses of num_physpages by totalram

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Date:	Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:27:52 +0930
From:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
To:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...ell.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] replace various uses of num_physpages by totalram_pages

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:38:32 pm Jan Beulich wrote:
> Sizing of memory allocations shouldn't depend on the number of physical
> pages found in a system, as that generally include (perhaps a huge
> amount of) non-RAM pages. The amount of what actually is usable as
> storage should instead be used as a basis here.

I like this patch.  Where's num_physpages used after this: should it be an 
arch-specific or even a static?

FWIW: Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>

Thanks,
Rusty.
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