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Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:23:46 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [RFC v3 0/5] Transparent on-demand struct page initialization
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On 08/13/2013 10:09 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> I really really dislike this "let's check if memory is initialized at
> runtime" approach.
> 

It does seem to be getting messy, doesn't it...

The one potential serious concern if if that will end up mucking with
NUMA affinity in a way that has lasting effects past boot.

	-hpa


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