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Message-ID: <20090408093834.GJ17934@one.firstfloor.org> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 11:38:34 +0200 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, x86@...nel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [2/16] POISON: Add page flag for poisoned pages On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 12:00:18AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:24:41 +0200 Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 07, 2009 at 10:14:21PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:09:58 +0200 (CEST) Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> 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". > > > > Sorry, that's the terminology on the hardware side. > > > > If there's much confusion I could rename it HwPoison or somesuch? > > I understand that'd be a PITA but I suspect it would be best, > long-term. Having this conflict in core MM is really pretty bad. Ok. I'll rename it to HWPoison(). -Andi -- ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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