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SubjectRe: man-pages text for MAV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE
Hi Andi,

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
>> +.IR len .
>> +The KSM daemon
>> +.RI ( ksmd )
>
> You should probably make clear it's a kernel thread, not a classic
> daemon.

Thanks. I changed it to "KSM kernel thread"

>> +periodically scans those areas of user memory that have
>> +been marked as mergeable,
>> +looking for pages with identical content.
>
> Overall it seems like an internal implementation detail.

Not sure how I could improve this. Did you have some specific idea in mind?

Thanks,

Michael


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Michael Kerrisk
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Author of "The Linux Programming Interface" http://blog.man7.org/


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