linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: ifdef Quicklists in /proc/meminfo

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Date:	Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:57:32 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Keiichiro Tokunaga <tokunaga.keiich@...fujitsu.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: ifdef Quicklists in /proc/meminfo

KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
>> A "Quicklists:          0 kB" line has just started appearing in
>> /proc/meminfo, but most architectures (including x86) don't have
>> them configured: may we please #ifdef it, like the highmem lines?
>>
>> And those architectures which do have quicklists configured are
>> using them for page tables: so let's place it next to PageTables.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
>> ---
> 
> Oh, I see.
> Thanks Hugh.
> 
> Acked-by: KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>

x86 *does* use quicklists, at least with PAE.

	-hpa
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