Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:45:13 -0400 | From | Johannes Weiner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/1] mm: introduce process_reap system call |
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:51:36AM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:26 AM Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote: > > Also, please consider removing all mention of the word "reap" from the > > user API. For better or for worse, "reap" in UNIX refers to what > > happens when a dead task gets wait()ed. I sincerely wish I could go > > back in time and gently encourage whomever invented that particular > > abomination to change their mind, but my time machine doesn't work. > > I see. Thanks for the note. How about process_mem_release() and > replacing reap with release everywhere?
I don't quite understand the objection. This syscall works on tasks that are at the end of their life, right? Isn't something like process_mreap() establishing exactly the mental link we want here? Release is less descriptive for what this thing is to be used for.
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