Use an enum to ease the maintenance of page flags. This is going to change the numbering from 0 to 18. RFC->V1 - Add missing aliases (noticed by Mel) Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter --- include/linux/page-flags.h | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/page-flags.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/page-flags.h 2008-03-03 15:51:51.140239966 -0800 +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/page-flags.h 2008-03-03 15:52:13.552485107 -0800 @@ -67,35 +67,29 @@ * FLAGS_RESERVED which defines the width of the fields section * (see linux/mmzone.h). New flags must _not_ overlap with this area. */ -#define PG_locked 0 /* Page is locked. Don't touch. */ -#define PG_error 1 -#define PG_referenced 2 -#define PG_uptodate 3 - -#define PG_dirty 4 -#define PG_lru 5 -#define PG_active 6 -#define PG_slab 7 /* slab debug (Suparna wants this) */ - -#define PG_owner_priv_1 8 /* Owner use. If pagecache, fs may use*/ -#define PG_arch_1 9 -#define PG_reserved 10 -#define PG_private 11 /* If pagecache, has fs-private data */ - -#define PG_writeback 12 /* Page is under writeback */ -#define PG_compound 14 /* Part of a compound page */ -#define PG_swapcache 15 /* Swap page: swp_entry_t in private */ - -#define PG_mappedtodisk 16 /* Has blocks allocated on-disk */ -#define PG_reclaim 17 /* To be reclaimed asap */ -#define PG_buddy 19 /* Page is free, on buddy lists */ - -/* PG_readahead is only used for file reads; PG_reclaim is only for writes */ -#define PG_readahead PG_reclaim /* Reminder to do async read-ahead */ - -/* PG_owner_priv_1 users should have descriptive aliases */ -#define PG_checked PG_owner_priv_1 /* Used by some filesystems */ -#define PG_pinned PG_owner_priv_1 /* Xen pinned pagetable */ +enum pageflags { + PG_locked, /* Page is locked. Don't touch. */ + PG_error, + PG_referenced, + PG_uptodate, + PG_dirty, + PG_lru, + PG_active, + PG_slab, + PG_owner_priv_1, /* Owner use. If pagecache, fs may use*/ + PG_checked = PG_owner_priv_1, /* Used by some filesystems */ + PG_pinned = PG_owner_priv_1, /* Xen pinned pagetable */ + PG_arch_1, + PG_reserved, + PG_private, /* If pagecache, has fs-private data */ + PG_writeback, /* Page is under writeback */ + PG_compound, /* A compound page */ + PG_swapcache, /* Swap page: swp_entry_t in private */ + PG_mappedtodisk, /* Has blocks allocated on-disk */ + PG_reclaim, /* To be reclaimed asap */ + /* PG_readahead is only used for file reads; PG_reclaim is only for writes */ + PG_readahead = PG_reclaim, /* Reminder to do async read-ahead */ + PG_buddy, /* Page is free, on buddy lists */ #if (BITS_PER_LONG > 32) /* @@ -105,8 +99,10 @@ * 64 bit | FIELDS | ?????? FLAGS | * 63 32 0 */ -#define PG_uncached 31 /* Page has been mapped as uncached */ + PG_uncached = 31, /* Page has been mapped as uncached */ #endif + NR_PAGEFLAGS +}; /* * Manipulation of page state flags -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/