linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] shmem: add support to ignore swap

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Date:   Wed, 8 Mar 2023 14:21:17 -0800
From:   Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     Yosry Ahmed <yosryahmed@...gle.com>
Cc:     hughd@...gle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, willy@...radead.org,
        brauner@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, p.raghav@...sung.com,
        da.gomez@...sung.com, a.manzanares@...sung.com, dave@...olabs.net,
        keescook@...omium.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] shmem: add support to ignore swap

On Mon, Mar 06, 2023 at 12:03:57PM -0800, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 3:28 PM Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org> wrote:
> > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst
> > index e77ebdacadd0..551b621f34d9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/tmpfs.rst
> > @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ everything stored therein is lost.
> >
> >  tmpfs puts everything into the kernel internal caches and grows and
> >  shrinks to accommodate the files it contains and is able to swap
> > -unneeded pages out to swap space.
> > +unneeded pages out to swap space, if swap was enabled for the tmpfs
> > +filesystem.
> 
> Nit: s/filesystem/mount to make it clear it's a per-mount setting?

Fixed this and all the other typos you addressed, thanks!

  Luis