From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by uproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id h2so257859ugf for ; Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:54:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:54:17 -0500 From: "Stone Wang" Subject: Re: [PATCH][0/8] (Targeting 2.6.17) Posix memory locking and balanced mlock-LRU semantic In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Disposition: inline References: Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Andi Kleen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: I am preparing patch for 2.6.16, replace the name "wired" with "pinned". Potentially, the list could be used for more purposes, than just mlocked pages. Shaoping Wang 24 Mar 2006 15:36:46 +0100, Andi Kleen : > "Stone Wang" writes: > > mlocked areas. > > 2. More consistent LRU semantics in Memory Management. > > Mlocked pages is placed on a separate LRU list: Wired List. > > If it's mlocked why don't you just called it Mlocked list? > Strange jargon makes the patch cooler? Also in meminfo > > -Andi > -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org