Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch 1/9] Guest page hinting: unused / free pages. | From | Martin Schwidefsky <> | Date | Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:05:15 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2006-09-01 at 08:56 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > > This question did come up already. arch_free_page() is done before the > > PageReserved() check so it isn't suitable for stable/unused state > > transitions. You can argue that arch_free_page() should be moved but who > > knows what the architecture defined function is supposed to do? > > page_set_stable/page_set_unused on the other hand have a clearly defined > > meaning. > > With a patch set this large, I think it would at least be a nice thing > to go through and review the other architectures' uses.
There is only one user right now: UML.
-- blue skies, Martin.
Martin Schwidefsky Linux for zSeries Development & Services IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH
"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.
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