Re: 4level page tables for Linux II

[Jörn Engel]

On Fri, 15 October 2004 15:55:21 +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
>
> Right now, so are the existing names: you have to remember which is which.

That appears to be the problem with any name.  Still, my confusion
about which is read(2) and which is write(2) is rare.

> Levels numbered 1..4 are much simpler: you only have to remember that
> the actual pages are level zero.

if and goto is much simpler, compared to while, for, do..while, else,
and whatever slipped my mind right now.  Maybe you should target the c
standard next. ;)

> The solution of your typo problem is typechecking in the compiler;
> presumably it'll warn me if I try to store a pgd3 pointer in a pgd2
> entry.

That should help somewhat, agreed.  Patches?

Jörn

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