On Wednesday 15 November 2006 18:01, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Jan Beulich wrote:
>
> > Make pmd_bad() symmetrical to pgd_bad() and pud_bad(). At once,
> > simplify them all.
>
> Symmetrical and simpler, yes, but you're weakening the pmd_bad() test:
> no longer requires that all those _KERNPG_TABLE bits be set. Wouldn't
> it be better to go the other way and strengthen pgd_bad, pud_bad?
That's a good point. Yes that would be better. If it works :)
They can't be completely the same because we don't set large page bits on
PGDs (on PUDs we will eventually with 1GB pages)
-Andi
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