Re: [rfc] increase struct page size?!

[Christoph Lameter]

On Sun, 20 May 2007, Andi Kleen wrote:

> Besides with the scarcity of pageflags it might make sense to do "64 bit only"
> flags at some point.

There is no scarcity of page flags. There is

1. Hoarding by Andrew

2. Waste by Sparsemem (section flags no longer necessary with
   virtual memmap)

2 will hopefully be addressed soon and with that 1 will go away.

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