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

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Message-ID: <YSVQOgrPhwGcUSp4@mit.edu>
Date:   Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:02:02 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        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

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 08:34:47PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> 
> > How about "struct mempages"?
> 
> Kind of redundant in this case?

I was looking for something which was visually different from "struct
page", but was still reasonably short.  Otherwise "struct pages" as
Linus suggested would work for me.

What do you think of "struct pageset"?  Not quite as short as folios,
but it's clearer.

				- Ted