Re: [PATCH] 18pre7aa1 pagetable corroops

Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@suse.de)
Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:38:29 +0100


On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 09:23:12PM +0000, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Jan 2002, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> >
> > right, thanks. BTW, I kept the other fixmap_init code beause of the many
> > more BUG() checks (like the PTRS_PER_PMD checks with PAE) and because
> > it is equivalent after all.
>
> No, not equivalent, see other mail. Do add BUG()s to mine if you like,
> but they've not served well so far, and are not very helpful that early:
> more a sign of insecurity.

I don't agree they're a sign of insecurity, I think it's the other way
around. anyways I'll check your other email in detail now, thanks.

Andrea
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