Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:23:18 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][5/8] proc: export mlocked pages info through "/proc/meminfo: Wired" |
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Stone Wang wrote: > The name "Wired" could be changed to which one most kids think better > fits the job. > > I choosed "Wired" for: > "Locked" will conflict with PG_locked bit of a pags. > "Pinned" indicates a short-term lock,so not fits the job too. >
Err we're going around in circles here. This tangent started because I suggested that you could call them "mlock" or "mlocked".
But don't get too hung up on the naming. I pointed out quite a lot of much more fundamental problems.
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