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Why struct meta_page?

Why struct meta_page?

Posted Aug 4, 2007 9:30 UTC (Sat) by balbir_singh (subscriber, #34142)
In reply to: Why struct meta_page? by i3839
Parent article: Controlling memory use in containers

Yes, it is used for locking. The idea is to atomically check if a meta_page is already associated with a page.


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