On Tuesday 09 August 2005 19:49, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > I have no problem keeping PG_reserved for that, and _ONLY_ for that.
> > (though i'd rather see it renamed then). I'm just afraid by doing so,
> > some drivers will jump in the gap and abuse it again...
>
> Sure it would be renamed (better yet may be a slower page_is_valid()
> that doesn't need to use a flag).
Right! This is the correct time to wrap all remaining users (that use the
newly-mandated valid page sense) in an inline or macro. And this patch set
should change the flag name, because it quietly changes the rules. I think
you need a 3/3 that drops the other shoe.
Regards,
Daniel
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