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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/6] Have x86_64 use add_active_range() and free_area_init_nodes
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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.

    -Andi
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