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Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:16:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:16:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Christoph Lameter (Ampere)" To: Jens Axboe cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, hannes@cmpxchg.org, clm@meta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, willy@infradead.org, kirill@shutemov.name, bfoster@redhat.com Subject: Re: [PATCHSET v6 0/12] Uncached buffered IO In-Reply-To: <668f271f-dc44-49e1-b8dc-08e65e1fec23@kernel.dk> Message-ID: <36599cce-42ba-ddfb-656f-162548fdb300@gentwo.org> References: <20241203153232.92224-2-axboe@kernel.dk> <668f271f-dc44-49e1-b8dc-08e65e1fec23@kernel.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Stat-Signature: ony79t6ueexyjsitxdh6eitkef8pgyw1 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 67C2B40014 X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Server: rspam01 X-HE-Tag: 1733264201-189988 X-HE-Meta: U2FsdGVkX185+CcWIpl+ctjWw+WITQ/9ByFoCc1N5DQqI8/DrHVHkzHi2k0/ANV8QPftvvR7/Rno4Sl8VeywCWJ20Gvyfb0zsUw8kVsXttVyKLGiFADd2/v12m54XVUiNb/G1Ud6DY4qP6Kpf2majST4tKTU5biaJMewsAQdQ9DIBDSSC7LAHpcABrxKQ5UASowHhhRDQ+1M/o5beknHNDlJ+hjgycTY/KFVeSwmhLklYY1/xb5Q+Xucq6hnhez3KbqbsoK6wtES9uv9/3dxxwYX9OXApXAdsUB04dTvmEy0RjHpiUrCzKzv/8W/YAwF/3p8ARkzPlYWoATr2cfukIxiINsFlZ6TANUqh3RY8QAs++nsRk6cv77WdyeK+1mzPW+pZ8mMnKgjnE67fSc7azyaOKkgX0gy6LwdpMdQS2l8FiGPV8mSY9eRnTx/x0SsEnAUWADFy2Ku5ahl98mdo1W2juCd+jLLjAUDknEAd4iqjdoyYMXSPdvwPLFg/+kBkbhWwMIwu2EhPgb2aP0zWm+6VLZm92Xd2w3JPjHiEoDkrvUseI4bswM1jMO6ce5gbpUJMVs7Q4nU5kEkm7kI7iASG8ClnctqyPMeaIgKfIA3Da7LWbygsHDedGpEtTIHbAjgeI5jZDEWtGRf29asNwlq+IdcbGP2l33Xd/6xYZd0CQSBrfBWOcIClmJhMRG++BuBDbmmG2DhDhxi3SYb1SkK1qnqrzkdZkVxbzgWbOlOFcgxStHIZOnub1EjN3w1GyxcL7wVZMDNNcGtpbEPsro44Lomz9TuYfLgqRG0tdZvKtt7iBT0QByefSFz1qWTroTN76ipTaRha/e1dPMLWFDHOx8EtvlQ4+MSs6N4Y79G5Xo+eL+ZPkZKQcHmQvywUIVkkqi8+DregA0dUbc7x///jSzqV49qwMdpf95+3Kcr8V37Yc8szN9RED9U7j4ifY3czGyY/rs8BTgqDaR 4e8pWAw6 ZcJytFwhFPp8wjH+uwrDog03gTnnYl1JDTHysC7Tx8WLs/VZ4x0Ti6O/E97NT3nKp47y4KcUsIGW4mAdEKk+kqdJGpcOS6kee7RR9dBfqK3BCd1DKT1749IohkBNUo/gk5MP5dAF00xi+yXFkETZxsjm8x+3SAPf3S3M5qA+kALNOMitSlVWpmTF87pDEUoT8BzSw9VQJCHfN9f2jxawasdLWBpvzEbj+2zlN X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.043294, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, Jens Axboe wrote: > I actually did consider using some form of temporal, as it's the only > other name I liked. But I do think cached_uncached becomes pretty > unwieldy. Which is why I just stuck with uncached. Yes I know it means > different things in different circles, but probably mostly an overlap > with deeper technical things like that. An honestly almost impossible to > avoid overlap these days, everything has been used already :-) > > IOW, I think uncached is probably still the most descriptive thing out > there, even if I'm certainly open to entertaining other names. Just not > anything yet that has really resonated with me. How about calling this a "transitory" page? It means fleeting, not persistent and I think we have not used that term with a page/folio yet.