Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757669AbZDHFSf (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:18:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752918AbZDHFS0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:18:26 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:37473 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752041AbZDHFSZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:18:25 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 22:14:21 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Andi Kleen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/16] POISON: Add page flag for poisoned pages Message-Id: <20090407221421.890f27a6.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20090407150958.BA68F1D046D@basil.firstfloor.org> References: <20090407509.382219156@firstfloor.org> <20090407150958.BA68F1D046D@basil.firstfloor.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 690 Lines: 17 On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:09:58 +0200 (CEST) Andi Kleen wrote: > Poisoned pages need special handling in the VM and shouldn't be touched > again. This requires a new page flag. Define it here. I wish this patchset didn't change/abuse the well-understood meaning of the word "poison". > The page flags wars seem to be over, so it shouldn't be a problem > to get a new one. I hope. They are? How did it all get addressed? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/