remove_active_range(9)

remove_active_range9

Shrink an existing registered range of pfns

Usage

void remove_active_range(unsigned int nid, unsigned long start_pfn, unsigned long end_pfn);

Arguments

nid

The node id the range is on that should be shrunk

start_pfn

The new PFN of the range

end_pfn

The new PFN of the range

Overview

i386 with NUMA use alloc_remap to store a node_mem_map on a local node. The map is kept near the end physical page range that has already been registered. This function allows an arch to shrink an existing registered range.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7

From linux-manual-3.2 3.2.78-1 in Debian 7 (Wheezy). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.