Re: [RFC v3 0/5] Transparent on-demand struct page initialization embedded in the buddy allocator

Linus Torvalds
2013-08-13T23:55:22Z

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Nathan Zimmer <nzimmer@sgi.com> wrote:
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> The only mm structure we are adding to is a new flag in page->flags.
> That didn't seem too much.

I don't agree.

I see only downsides, and no upsides. Doing the same thing *without*
the downsides seems straightforward, so I simply see no reason for any
extra flags or tests at runtime.

Linus