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

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Message-ID: <1966106.1629832273@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:11:13 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        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

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> Something like just "struct pages" would be less clunky, would still
> get the message across, but gets a bit too visually similar.

"page_group"?  I would suggest "pgroup", but that's already taken.  Maybe
"page_set" with "pset" as a shorthand pointer name.  Or "struct pset/pgset"?

I would prefer a short single word name as there's a good chance it's going to
be prefixing a bunch of API functions.

If you don't mind straying a bit from something with then name "page" in it,
then "chapter", "sheet" or "book"?

David