Re: [git pull] core, x86: make LIST_POISON less deadly

From: Linus Torvalds
Date: Mon Jul 14 2008 - 14:43:20 EST




On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> When that happens then it will be either unmapped (and fault anyways)
> or the kernel has to be changed to 5 level page tables first and then
> surely the poison value could change too.

You're still ignoring the other point: ffffc.. is much _less_ visually
obvious than dead0...

Linus
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