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SubjectRe: [patch 2] Xen core patch : arch_free_page return value
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akpm@osdl.org said:
> But heck - why bother? The current patch adds just one line of code
> in one place, and the compiler will toss it away anyway for all but
> xen and um.

Agree, but on a conceptual level, this is allowing the arch to swipe pages
arbitrarily out from under the nose of the generic page allocator. Plus, the
code that's being bypassed has to be implemented in some form in the arch.
That's not my concern, or yours, necessarily, but it does suggest that the
interface is being abused.

Jeff

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