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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 17:59:47 +0100 From: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Yury Gribov <y.gribov@...sung.com>, Alexandr Andreev <aandreev@...allels.com>, Vassili Karpov <av1474@...tv.ru>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] drivers/char/mem: byte generating devices and poisoned mappings On Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:16:07 +0400 Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com> wrote: > This patch adds 256 virtual character devices: /dev/byte0, ..., /dev/byte255. > Each works like /dev/zero but generates memory filled with particular byte. More kernel code for an ultra-obscure corner case that can be done in user space I don't see the point Alan -- 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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