Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:14:21 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] [2/16] POISON: Add page flag for poisoned pages |
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On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:09:58 +0200 (CEST) Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
> Poisoned pages need special handling in the VM and shouldn't be touched > again. This requires a new page flag. Define it here.
I wish this patchset didn't change/abuse the well-understood meaning of the word "poison".
> The page flags wars seem to be over, so it shouldn't be a problem > to get a new one. I hope.
They are? How did it all get addressed?
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