From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <42BB6627.2080102@yahoo.com.au> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:47:19 +1000 From: Nick Piggin MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [patch][rfc] 5/5: core remove PageReserved References: <42BA5F37.6070405@yahoo.com.au> <42BA5F5C.3080101@yahoo.com.au> <42BA5F7B.30904@yahoo.com.au> <42BA5FA8.7080905@yahoo.com.au> <42BA5FC8.9020501@yahoo.com.au> <42BA5FE8.2060207@yahoo.com.au> <20050623095153.GB3334@holomorphy.com> <42BA8FA5.2070407@yahoo.com.au> <20050623220812.GD3334@holomorphy.com> <42BB43FB.1060609@yahoo.com.au> <20050624005952.GE3334@holomorphy.com> <42BB5F29.6060802@yahoo.com.au> In-Reply-To: <42BB5F29.6060802@yahoo.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: William Lee Irwin III Cc: linux-kernel , Linux Memory Management , Hugh Dickins , Badari Pulavarty List-ID: Nick Piggin wrote: > William Lee Irwin III wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 24, 2005 at 09:21:31AM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote: >> >>> I'm sorry, I don't see how 'diddling' the core will create bugs. >>> This is a fine way to do it, and "converting" users first (whatever >>> that means) >> >> >> [cut text included in full in the following quote block] >> >> This is going way too far. Someone please deal with this. >> > > No, just tell me how it might magically create bugs in drivers > that didn't exist in the first place? Sorry, I got a bit carried away. That remark wasn't helpful. What I mean is: if you see an aspect of this change that will cause breakage in previously correct drivers, please raise your specific concerns with me. I have tried to be careful about this, and put in bugs/warnings where problems in already broken code are magnified. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: aart@kvack.org