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Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/5] Dynamically allocated pageflags.
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
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On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 23:05 +1000, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> As we all know, pageflags have been a scarce resource for a while now. These 
> patches seek to help address that issue by adding support for a new type 
> of 'dynamically allocated' pageflag.


but... does this really solve it? I mean.. you can still run out... so
then what?