Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:54:17 -0500 | From | "Stone Wang" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][0/8] (Targeting 2.6.17) Posix memory locking and balanced mlock-LRU semantic |
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I am preparing patch for 2.6.16, replace the name "wired" with "pinned".
Potentially, the list could be used for more purposes, than just mlocked pages.
Shaoping Wang
24 Mar 2006 15:36:46 +0100, Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>: > "Stone Wang" <pwstone@gmail.com> writes: > > mlocked areas. > > 2. More consistent LRU semantics in Memory Management. > > Mlocked pages is placed on a separate LRU list: Wired List. > > If it's mlocked why don't you just called it Mlocked list? > Strange jargon makes the patch cooler? Also in meminfo > > -Andi > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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