Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 Nov 2003 05:09:27 -0800 | From | William Lee Irwin III <> | Subject | Re: PG_reserved bug |
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On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 03:07:13PM +0200, Amir Hermelin wrote: > Can't I just not use the reserved bit (therefore effectively use the > refcount), and keep the minimal count at 1 or 2? Will that have the same > effect as setting the reserved bit?
You can do that, yes. There are certain disadvantages to doing so, e.g. poor interactions with higher-order allocations.
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