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On Tue, 11 May 2010, Mel Gorman wrote:

> Or just identify the temporary stack from the migration side instead of
> adding to the cost of exec?

Adding one off checks to a generic mechanism isnt really clean
programming. Using the provided means of disabling a generic mechanism is.

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