linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 00/25] Page folios

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Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:48:44 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 00/25] Page folios

On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 07:40:14PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> The reason I didn't go with 'head' is that traditionally 'head' implies
> that there are tail pages.  It would be weird to ask 'if (HeadHead(head))'
> That's currently spelled 'if (FolioMulti(folio))'.  But it can be changed
> if there's a really better alternative.  It'll make me more grumpy if
> somebody comes up with a really good alternative in six months.

The folio name keeps growing on me.  Still not perfect, but I do like
that it is:

 a) short

and

 b) very different from page