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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/page-flags.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/page-flags.h | 35 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h index 5748642e9f3..9d7921dd50f 100644 --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h @@ -13,24 +13,25 @@ * PG_reserved is set for special pages, which can never be swapped out. Some * of them might not even exist (eg empty_bad_page)... * - * The PG_private bitflag is set if page->private contains a valid value. + * The PG_private bitflag is set on pagecache pages if they contain filesystem + * specific data (which is normally at page->private). It can be used by + * private allocations for its own usage. * - * During disk I/O, PG_locked is used. This bit is set before I/O and - * reset when I/O completes. page_waitqueue(page) is a wait queue of all tasks - * waiting for the I/O on this page to complete. + * During initiation of disk I/O, PG_locked is set. This bit is set before I/O + * and cleared when writeback _starts_ or when read _completes_. PG_writeback + * is set before writeback starts and cleared when it finishes. + * + * PG_locked also pins a page in pagecache, and blocks truncation of the file + * while it is held. + * + * page_waitqueue(page) is a wait queue of all tasks waiting for the page + * to become unlocked. * * PG_uptodate tells whether the page's contents is valid. When a read * completes, the page becomes uptodate, unless a disk I/O error happened. * - * For choosing which pages to swap out, inode pages carry a PG_referenced bit, - * which is set any time the system accesses that page through the (mapping, - * index) hash table. This referenced bit, together with the referenced bit - * in the page tables, is used to manipulate page->age and move the page across - * the active, inactive_dirty and inactive_clean lists. - * - * Note that the referenced bit, the page->lru list_head and the active, - * inactive_dirty and inactive_clean lists are protected by the - * zone->lru_lock, and *NOT* by the usual PG_locked bit! + * PG_referenced, PG_reclaim are used for page reclaim for anonymous and + * file-backed pagecache (see mm/vmscan.c). * * PG_error is set to indicate that an I/O error occurred on this page. * @@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ * space, they need to be kmapped separately for doing IO on the pages. The * struct page (these bits with information) are always mapped into kernel * address space... + * + * PG_buddy is set to indicate that the page is free and in the buddy system + * (see mm/page_alloc.c). + * */ /* @@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ #define PG_checked 8 /* kill me in 2.5.<early>. */ #define PG_arch_1 9 #define PG_reserved 10 -#define PG_private 11 /* Has something at ->private */ +#define PG_private 11 /* If pagecache, has fs-private data */ #define PG_writeback 12 /* Page is under writeback */ #define PG_nosave 13 /* Used for system suspend/resume */ @@ -83,7 +88,7 @@ #define PG_mappedtodisk 16 /* Has blocks allocated on-disk */ #define PG_reclaim 17 /* To be reclaimed asap */ -#define PG_nosave_free 18 /* Free, should not be written */ +#define PG_nosave_free 18 /* Used for system suspend/resume */ #define PG_buddy 19 /* Page is free, on buddy lists */ |