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Subject: Re: [rfc][patch 2/2] mm: introduce optional pte_special pte bit
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To: Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>, Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>, mschwid2@linux.vnet.ibm.com, heicars2@linux.vnet.ibm.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org

Jared Hulbert wrote:
> Seems
> like the result is a reasonable compromise to me, I'm surprised Nicks
> patch is as clean as it is.  Many of the other proposed solutions are
> very awkward for one or the other.
I second that. It looks way cleaner then all other attempts to solve 
the problem.