Re: [PATCH v4 00/25] Page folios

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Mar 17 2021 - 13:52:00 EST


On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 07:40:14PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> The reason I didn't go with 'head' is that traditionally 'head' implies
> that there are tail pages. It would be weird to ask 'if (HeadHead(head))'
> That's currently spelled 'if (FolioMulti(folio))'. But it can be changed
> if there's a really better alternative. It'll make me more grumpy if
> somebody comes up with a really good alternative in six months.

The folio name keeps growing on me. Still not perfect, but I do like
that it is:

a) short

and

b) very different from page