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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/bootmem.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/bootmem.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/bootmem.h b/include/linux/bootmem.h index 7942a96b1a9d..42515195d7d8 100644 --- a/include/linux/bootmem.h +++ b/include/linux/bootmem.h @@ -27,9 +27,20 @@ extern unsigned long max_pfn; extern unsigned long long max_possible_pfn; #ifndef CONFIG_NO_BOOTMEM -/* - * node_bootmem_map is a map pointer - the bits represent all physical - * memory pages (including holes) on the node. +/** + * struct bootmem_data - per-node information used by the bootmem allocator + * @node_min_pfn: the starting physical address of the node's memory + * @node_low_pfn: the end physical address of the directly addressable memory + * @node_bootmem_map: is a bitmap pointer - the bits represent all physical + * memory pages (including holes) on the node. + * @last_end_off: the offset within the page of the end of the last allocation; + * if 0, the page used is full + * @hint_idx: the PFN of the page used with the last allocation; + * together with using this with the @last_end_offset field, + * a test can be made to see if allocations can be merged + * with the page used for the last allocation rather than + * using up a full new page. + * @list: list entry in the linked list ordered by the memory addresses */ typedef struct bootmem_data { unsigned long node_min_pfn; |