Re: [PATCH 1/3] rename alloc_pages_exact()

[Timur Tabi]

Dave Hansen wrote:
> alloc_pages_exact() returns a virtual address.  But, alloc_pages() returns
> a 'struct page *'.  That makes for very confused kernel hackers.
> 
> __get_free_pages(), on the other hand, returns virtual addresses.  That
> makes alloc_pages_exact() a much closer match to __get_free_pages(), so
> rename it to get_free_pages_exact().  Also change the arguments to have
> flags first, just like __get_free_pages().
> 
> Note that alloc_pages_exact()'s partner, free_pages_exact() already
> matches free_pages(), so we do not have to touch the free side of things.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>

All three patches:

Acked-by: Timur Tabi <timur@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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Timur Tabi
Linux kernel developer at Freescale

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