Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:42:46 -0700 (PDT) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [git pull] core, x86: make LIST_POISON less deadly |
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Andi Kleen wrote: > > When that happens then it will be either unmapped (and fault anyways) > or the kernel has to be changed to 5 level page tables first and then > surely the poison value could change too.
You're still ignoring the other point: ffffc.. is much _less_ visually obvious than dead0...
Linus
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