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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801101303570.3148@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:05:08 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>
cc: ak@....de, ebiederm@...ssion.com, rdreier@...co.com,
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Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 02/11] PAT x86: Map only usable memory in x86_64 identity
map and kernel text
On Thu, 10 Jan 2008, venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com wrote:
>
> x86_64: Map only usable memory in identity map. All reserved memory maps to a
> zero page.
I don't mind this horribly per se, but why a zero page?
Accessing that page without mapping it explicitly would be a bug with
your change - if only because you'd get the wrong value!
So why map it at all? The only thing mapping it can do is to hide bugs.
Linus
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