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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] documentation mm.h + swap.h
    On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Philipp Rumpf wrote:
    > On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 06:10:16PM -0300, Rik van Riel wrote:
    > > --- linux-2.4.2-doc/include/linux/mm.h.orig Wed Mar 7 15:36:32 2001
    > > +++ linux-2.4.2-doc/include/linux/mm.h Thu Mar 8 09:54:22 2001
    > > @@ -39,32 +39,37 @@
    > > * library, the executable area etc).
    > > */
    > > struct vm_area_struct {
    > > - struct mm_struct * vm_mm; /* VM area parameters */
    > > - unsigned long vm_start;
    > > - unsigned long vm_end;
    > > + struct mm_struct * vm_mm; /* The address space we belong to. */
    > > + unsigned long vm_start; /* Our start address within vm_mm. */
    > > + unsigned long vm_end; /* Our end address within vm_mm. */
    >
    > it might be a good idea to point out that this is the address of
    > the byte after the last one covered by the vma, not the address
    > of the last byte.

    unsigned long vm_end; /* The first byte after our end address
    within vm_mm. */

    Does this look good to you ?


    > (are there any architectures where we allow a vma at the end of
    > memory ? Is the mm/ code handling ->vm_end = 0 correctly ?)

    Good question ...

    > > /*
    > > + * Each physical page in the system has a struct page associated with
    ^^^^^^^^
    > Each page of "real" RAM.

    > > + *
    > > + * TODO: make this structure smaller, it could be as small as 32 bytes.
    >
    > Or make it cover large pages, which might be even more of a win ..

    *nod*

    regards,

    Rik
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