Re: [PATCH v4 00/25] Page folios
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2021-03-17 17:52:00
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2021-03-17 17:52:00
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On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 07:40:14PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
The reason I didn't go with 'head' is that traditionally 'head' implies that there are tail pages. It would be weird to ask 'if (HeadHead(head))' That's currently spelled 'if (FolioMulti(folio))'. But it can be changed if there's a really better alternative. It'll make me more grumpy if somebody comes up with a really good alternative in six months.
The folio name keeps growing on me. Still not perfect, but I do like that it is: a) short and b) very different from page