Re: [PATCH V2 4/4] hugetlbfs: document min_size mount option

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Mar 18 2015 - 22:24:16 EST


On Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:51:22 -0700 Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Nowhere here is the reader told the units of "size". We should at
> > least describe that, and maybe even rename the thing to min_bytes.
> >
>
> Ok, I will add that the size is in unit of bytes. My choice of
> 'min_size' as a name for the new mount option was influenced by
> the existing 'size' mount option. I'm open to any suggestions
> for the name of this new mount option.

Yes, due to the preexisting "size" I think we're stuck with "min_size".
We could use min_size_bytes I guess, but the operator needs to go look
up the units of "size" anyway.
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