Re: [PATCH] [13/16] HWPOISON: The high level memory error handler in the VM v5

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Wed Jun 10 2009 - 08:36:58 EST


On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 08:16:45PM +0800, Wu Fengguang wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 07:03:05PM +0800, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > The application equally may not need to touch the data again, so
> > killing it might cause some inconsistency in whatever it is currently
> > doing.
>
> Yes, early kill can also be evil. What I can do now is to document the
> early kill parameter more carefully.

That would be good. I would also strongly consider removing
options if possible to make things simpler and if there
is not a really compelling reason to have it.

Thanks,
Nick
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