Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Aug 2009 18:48:59 +0200 | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/12] ksm: rename kernel_pages_allocated |
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On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 05:21:50PM +0300, Izik Eidus wrote: > Hugh Dickins wrote: > > We're not implementing swapping of KSM pages in its first release; > > but when that follows, "kernel_pages_allocated" will be a very poor > > name for the sysfs file showing number of nodes in the stable tree: > > rename that to "pages_shared" throughout. > > > > But we already have a "pages_shared", counting those page slots > > sharing the shared pages: first rename that to... "pages_sharing". > > > > What will become of "max_kernel_pages" when the pages shared can > > be swapped? I guess it will just be removed, so keep that name. > > > > Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk> > > --- > > > > > > > ACK.
Not sure if it worth doing the subtraction between the number of user mappings pointing to the ksm_pages_shared.
Acked-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
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