Re: MM deadlock [was: Re: arca-vm-8...]

Gregory Maxwell
1999-01-24T17:35:42Z

On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > Thats a bug in our current vm structures, like the others - inability to
> > throw out page tables, inability to find memory easily, inability to move
> > blocks to allocate large areas in a target space, inability to handle
> > large user spaces etc.
>
> What? None of those are bugs, they are features.
>
> Complexity is not a goal to be reached. Complexity is something to be
> avoided at all cost. If you don't believe me, look at NT.
>
> Linus

Make things as simple as possible, but no simpler.

Do you really think "inability to handle large user spaces" or "inability
to find memory easily" are features?

Perhaps all the current solutions have been overly complex, however, that
doesn't mean there is no simple way to accomplish the same thing.

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