Re: PG_zero

William Lee Irwin III
2004-11-02T03:42:13Z

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 10:57:09PM +0100, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> However the real point of the patch is to address all other issues with
> the per-cpu list and to fixup the lack of pte_quicklist in 2.6, and to
> avoid wasting zeropages (like the pte_quicklists did) by sharing them
> with all other page-zero users.

For the record, I had pte prezeroing patches written and posted prior
to 2.6.0, and had maintained them for a year when I gave up on them.

-- wli