Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] Memory folios for v5.15 | From | Jeff Layton <> | Date | Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:08:46 -0400 |
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On Tue, 2021-08-24 at 22:32 +0100, David Howells wrote: > Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote: > > > What do you think of "struct pageset"? Not quite as short as folios, > > but it's clearer. > > Fine by me (I suggested page_set), and as Vlastimil points out, the current > usage of the name could be renamed. >
I honestly fail to see how any of this is better than "folio".
It's just a name, and "folio" has the advantage of being fairly unique. The greppability that Willy mentioned is a perk, but folio also doesn't sound similar to other words when discussing them verbally. That's another advantage.
If I say "pageset" in a conversation, do I mean "struct pageset" or "a random set of pages"? If I say "folio", it's much more clear to what I'm referring.
We've had a lot of time to get used to "page" as a term of art. We'd get used to folio too. -- Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
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