linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/5] add /dev/mem

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:42:34 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@...ck.org>
Cc:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Spang <daniel.spang@...il.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 3/5] add /dev/mem_notify device

On Wed 2008-01-16 02:13:32, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 10:57:16AM +0900, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> > Hi Pavel
> > 
> > > > 	err = poll(&pollfds, 1, -1); // wake up at low memory
> > > > 
> > > >         ...
> > > > </usage example>
> > > 
> > > Nice, this is really needed for openmoko, zaurus, etc....
> > > 
> > > But this changelog needs to go into Documentation/...
> > > 
> > > ...and /dev/mem_notify is really a bad name. /dev/memory_low?
> > > /dev/oom?
> > 
> > thank you for your kindful advise.
> > 
> > but..
> > 
> > to be honest, my english is very limited.
> > I can't make judgments name is good or not.
> > 
> > Marcelo, What do you think his idea?
> 
> "mem_notify" sounds alright, but I don't really care.
> 
> Notify:
> 
> To give notice to; inform: notified the citizens of the curfew by
> posting signs.

I'd read mem_notify as "tell me when new memory is unplugged" or
something. /dev/oom_notify? Plus, /dev/ names usually do not have "_"
in them.
									Pavel
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