Re: Reserved page flaging of 2.4 kernel memory changed recently?

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> >>I actually would like to rename the bit PG_nosave to PG_donttouch ;)
> 
> to make a point with regard to:
> 
> 	no transfer of page contents during suspend/resume
> 	no netdump
> 	no debugger access without override
> 
> ... but the name does not matter and we do not have to change it.
> 
> >Its used for swsusp internal data, too...
> 
> Yes of course - how else would swsusp run, but these data are also not  
> "touched"
> during suspend and resume wrt transfer of page content.

Yes. But I still want to be able to access swsusp internal data
through debugger, and I want them in the netdump.

That means that PG_nosave | PG_reserved indeed is "PG_donttouch", but
PG_nosave has slightly different meaning.
								Pavel
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