linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] Memory folios for v5.15

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Message-ID: <CAHk-=wip=366HxkJvTfABuPUxwjGsFK4YYMgXNY9VSkJNp=-XA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 11:26:30 -0700
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Memory folios for v5.15

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 11:17 AM Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
>
> If the only thing standing between this patch and the merge is
> s/folio/ream/g,

I really don't think that helps. All the book-binding analogies are
only confusing.

If anything, I'd make things more explicit. Stupid and
straightforward. Maybe just "struct head_page" or something like that.
Name it by what it *is*, not by analogies.

None of this cute/clever stuff. I think making it obvious and
descriptive would be the much better approach, not some clever "book
binders call a collection of pages XYZ".

             Linus