Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:00:14 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@kpanic.de>
Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>, linux-mm@kvack.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
        tony.luck@intel.com, andi@firstfloor.org, mingo@elte.hu, hpa@zytor.com,
        rick@vanrein.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] support for broken memory modules (BadRAM)
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> According to Rick's reply in this thread a damaged row in a DIMM can
> easily cause a few thousand entries in the e820 table because it doesn't
> handle patterns. So the question I'm asking is, is it acceptable to
> have an e820 table with thousands maybe ten-thousands of entries?
> I really have no idea of the implications, maybe somebody else can
> comment on that.

I don't think it makes sense to handle something like that with a list.
The compact representation currently in badram is great for that.

-Andi
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