On Thu 07-10-21 09:43:14, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:

On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 9:37 AM Michal Hocko [off-list ref] wrote:

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OK, so there is no real authority or any real naming convention. You
just hope that applications will behave so that the consumer of those
names can make proper calls. Correct?

In that case the same applies to numbers and I do not see any strong
argument for strings other than it is more pleasing to a human eye when
reading the file. And that doesn't sound like a strong argument to make
the kernel more complicated. Functionally both approaches are equal from
a practical POV.

I don't think that's correct. Names like [anon:.bss],
[anon:dalvik-zygote space] and
[anon:dalvik-/system/framework/boot-core-icu4j.art] provide user with
actionable information about the use of that memory or the allocator
using it.

No, none of the above is really actionable without a common
understanding. Both dalvik* are a complete gibberish to me.
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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs