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Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:42:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
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Subject: Re: [git pull] core, x86: make LIST_POISON less deadly
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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