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

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Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:01:20 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.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 11:26:30AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 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.

I don't mind calling it something entirely different.  I mean, the word
"slab" has nothing to do with memory or pages or anything.  I just want
something short and greppable.  Choosing short words at random from
/usr/share/dict/words:

belt gala claw ogre peck raft 
bowl moat cask deck rink toga