Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes | Date | Sun, 21 May 2006 00:17:59 +0200 |
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> Well, it creates arch-neutral common code, teaches various architectures > use it. It's the sort of thing we do all the time. > > These things are opportunities to eliminate crufty arch code which few > people understand and replace them with new, clean common code which lots > of people understand. That's not a bad thing to be doing.
I'm not fundamentally against that, but so far it seems to just generate lots of new bugs? I'm not sure it's really worth the pain.
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