shrink_active_range(9)

shrink_active_range9

Shrink an existing registered range of pfns

Usage

void __init shrink_active_range(unsigned int nid, unsigned long old_end_pfn, unsigned long new_end_pfn);

Arguments

nid

The node id the range is on that should be shrunk

old_end_pfn

The old end PFN of the range

new_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 at the end physical page range that has already been registered with add_active_range. This function allows an arch to shrink an existing registered range.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0

From linux-manual-2.6.26 2.6.26-29 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.