Re: [PATCH] [2/16] POISON: Add page flag for poisoned pages

Andrew Morton
2009-04-08T05:18:35Z

On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 17:09:58 +0200 (CEST) Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:

> Poisoned pages need special handling in the VM and shouldn't be touched
> again. This requires a new page flag. Define it here.

I wish this patchset didn't change/abuse the well-understood meaning of
the word "poison".

> The page flags wars seem to be over, so it shouldn't be a problem
> to get a new one. I hope.

They are? How did it all get addressed?