Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 Sep 2000 02:15:18 +0200 | From | bert hubert <> |
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On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 12:56:07PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> I'd like to know what it was. Last I heard, it was still the case of > "pages just off the freelist had some bits set that they shouldn't have". > That makes me nervous.
Perhaps this is an example of a problem that would be found quickly when the patch is released to a wider public. This appears to be the only remaining issue that bites.
Perhaps this could even be fleshed out in pre-patches, which have a long history of being dangerous or uncompileable - by the time the real testN release follows the trouble may either be resolved, or the old vm may be reinstated. I suspect that Rik & his palls over at #kernelnewbies can work fast enough to get stuff done in a pre-patch cycle.
This offers us the chance to try the VM on for size, and who knows, it might just work well enough. Currently, any VM patches receive little testing and are therefore in danger of being either over- or underengineered, or being tailored too much for one single purpose.
Please consider the pre-patch scenario.
Regards,
bert hubert
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