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

[Andrew Morton]

On Tue,  7 Apr 2009 17:09:58 +0200 (CEST) Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?
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