Re: [patch 0/6] remove PageReserved

Kumar Gala
2005-07-26T13:09:50Z

On Jul 26, 2005, at 3:15 AM, Nick Piggin wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> If you're feeling like -mm is getting too stable, then you might
> consider giving these patches a spin? (unless anyone else raises
> an objection).
>
> Ben thought I should get moving with them soon.
>
> Not much change from last time. A bit of ppc64 input from Ben,
> and some rmap.c input from Hugh. Boots and runs on a few machines
> I have lying around here.
>
> The only remaining places that *test* PageReserved are swsusp, a
> trivial useage in drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c, and arch/ code.
>
> Most of the arch code is just reserved memory reporting, which
> isn't very interesting and could easily be removed. Some arch users
> are a bit more subtle, however they *should not* break, because all
> the places that set and clear PageReserved are basically intact.

What is the desired fix look like for arch users?

- kumar