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On 12/07/2016 10:38 AM, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>> > and leaves room for the bitmap size to be encoded as well, if we decide
>> > we need a bitmap in the future.
> How would a bitmap ever be useful with very large page-order?

Please, guys.  Read the patches.  *Please*.

The current code doesn't even _use_ a bitmap.