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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Compound page overhaul
Hi David,

David Howells wrote:
> Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>:
>
>>The refcounting has been annoying me for a while, it just feels
>>wrong. It has been done that way for a very long time (since 2.4.0
>>IIRC). I am sure there was more to it back in the 2.4 but I don't
>>think we need to do it like this any more.
>
>
> It was like that in 2.4 also - where I first developed this arch and these mm
> changes. The refcount-on-free bug is there also. I don't know why no one else
> has hit it.
>
>
>>I don't have any problem with what David has done so far though
>>I need to test it more extensively first.
>
>
> That'd be great! :-)
>
> I need to look at dumping my 2.4 arch & changes into the 2.4-uc kernels too.

That would be good :-)

Regards
Greg



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