Re: [PATCH 3/6] ksm: change the KSM_REMOVE_MEMORY_REGION ioctl.

[Izik Eidus]

Chris Wright wrote:
> * Hugh Dickins (hugh@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>   
> > On Wed, 6 May 2009, Izik Eidus wrote:
> >     
> > > Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > >       
> > > > On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 12:16:52PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> > > >   
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > > > p.s.  I wish you'd chosen different name than KSM - the kernel
> > > > > has supported shared memory for many years - and notice ksm.c itself
> > > > > says "Memory merging driver".  "Merge" would indeed have been a less
> > > > > ambiguous term than "Share", but I think too late to change that now
> > > > > - except possibly in the MADV_ flag names?
> > > > >     
> > > > >           
> > > > I don't actually care about names, so I leave this to other to discuss.
> > > >   
> > > >         
> > > Well, There is no real problem changing the name, any suggestions?
> > >       
> > mm/merge.c or mm/mmerge.c: the module formerly known as KSM ?
> >     
>
> I like merge.
Sold !.
> thanks,
> -chris
>   

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/