Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 16 Oct 2004 01:39:28 +0200 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: 4level page tables for Linux II |
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On Fri, 15 October 2004 15:55:21 +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: > > Right now, so are the existing names: you have to remember which is which.
That appears to be the problem with any name. Still, my confusion about which is read(2) and which is write(2) is rare.
> Levels numbered 1..4 are much simpler: you only have to remember that > the actual pages are level zero.
if and goto is much simpler, compared to while, for, do..while, else, and whatever slipped my mind right now. Maybe you should target the c standard next. ;)
> The solution of your typo problem is typechecking in the compiler; > presumably it'll warn me if I try to store a pgd3 pointer in a pgd2 > entry.
That should help somewhat, agreed. Patches?
Jörn
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