correct me if i am wrong
i presume that page pertains to a physical page
when the page is allocated, _count would be 1. every process that wants to obtain the page might solicit it from page cache first, if exsists, then _count would increment by one.
every process would try to put_page as it releases the page or exits
Hi, all in kernel.
The page->_count is the page frame's usage count. When page is
allocated, the page->_cout will be set 1.
After be allocated from buddy system, the page will be used by
process. get_page and put_page/put_page_testzero will used in pairs.
is it right?
When the page is reclaimed to buddy system, the page->_count should be
0. However, Because the initialization of page->_count is 1,
get_page() and put_page() is called in pairs, I coufused how
page->_count will be 0?
Thanks.
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