Re: [patch 01/14] Define functions for page cache handling

2007-06-14 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 12:58:21PM -0700, Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > We need access to PAGE_SIZE in vmlinux.lds.h. > > What is your plan with that usage? > > This is about PAGE_CACHE_xxx. No changes to PAGE__SIZE are planned. Obviously - thanks for

Re: [patch 01/14] Define functions for page cache handling

2007-06-14 Thread Christoph Lameter
On Thu, 14 Jun 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > We need access to PAGE_SIZE in vmlinux.lds.h. > What is your plan with that usage? This is about PAGE_CACHE_xxx. No changes to PAGE__SIZE are planned. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to

Re: [patch 01/14] Define functions for page cache handling

2007-06-14 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 12:38:40PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We use the macros PAGE_CACHE_SIZE PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT PAGE_CACHE_MASK > and PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN in various places in the kernel. Many times > common operations like calculating the offset or the index are coded > using shifts and adds.

[patch 01/14] Define functions for page cache handling

2007-06-14 Thread clameter
We use the macros PAGE_CACHE_SIZE PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT PAGE_CACHE_MASK and PAGE_CACHE_ALIGN in various places in the kernel. Many times common operations like calculating the offset or the index are coded using shifts and adds. This patch provides inline function to get the calculations accomplished in