linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/4] Sparse initialization of struct page array.

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Message-ID: <51E0E7ED.7040801@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 12 Jul 2013 22:38:53 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Robin Holt <holt@....com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Nate Zimmer <nzimmer@....com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	Daniel J Blueman <daniel@...ascale-asia.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC 4/4] Sparse initialization of struct page array.

On 07/12/2013 10:31 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 9:39 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
>> On 07/12/2013 09:19 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>>>         PG_reserved,
>>>> +       PG_uninitialized2mib,   /* Is this the right spot? ntz - Yes - rmh */
>>>>         PG_private,             /* If pagecache, has fs-private data */
>>
>> The comment here is WTF...
> 
> ntz: Nate Zimmer?
> rmh: Robin Holt?
> 

This kind of conversation doesn't really belong in a code comment, though.

	-hpa

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