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DateSat, 27 May 2006 00:00:58 -0700
FromAndrew Morton <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 13/33] readahead: state based method - aging accounting
Wu Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> wrote:
>
> > Is this function well-named?  Why does it have "cold" in the name?
> 
>  Because it only sums `nr_inactive', leaving out `nr_active'.

We use the term "cold" to refer to probably-cache-cold pages in the page
allocator.  How about you use "inactive"?
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