linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/9] mm: rearrange struct page

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.10.1401161233060.30036@nuc>
Date:	Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:34:59 -0600 (CST)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, penberg@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/9] mm: rearrange struct page

On Tue, 14 Jan 2014, Dave Hansen wrote:

>
> This makes it *MUCH* more clear how the first few fields of
> 'struct page' get used by the slab allocators.

I think this adds to the confusion. What you want to know is which other
fields overlap a certain field. After this patch you wont have that
anymore.
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