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

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Date:	Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:57:16 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@...ck.org>
Cc:	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

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?




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