linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kernel: sysctl: make drop

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Message-ID: <20191101110953.GC690103@chrisdown.name>
Date:   Fri, 1 Nov 2019 11:09:53 +0000
From:   Chris Down <chris@...isdown.name>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel: sysctl: make drop_caches write-only

Chris Down writes:
>There is evidence that this has already caused confusion[0] for many, 
>judging by the number of views and votes. I think the reward is higher 
>than stated here, since it makes the intent and lack of persistent API 
>in the API clearer, and less likely to cause confusion in future.
>
>0: https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/17936/10762

s/persistent API/persistent state/