Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][patch 0/2] mm: remove PageReserved | Date | Wed, 10 Aug 2005 05:19:13 +1000 |
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On Tuesday 09 August 2005 19:49, Nick Piggin wrote: > Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > I have no problem keeping PG_reserved for that, and _ONLY_ for that. > > (though i'd rather see it renamed then). I'm just afraid by doing so, > > some drivers will jump in the gap and abuse it again... > > Sure it would be renamed (better yet may be a slower page_is_valid() > that doesn't need to use a flag).
Right! This is the correct time to wrap all remaining users (that use the newly-mandated valid page sense) in an inline or macro. And this patch set should change the flag name, because it quietly changes the rules. I think you need a 3/3 that drops the other shoe.
Regards,
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