linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm/ksm: rename mm_slot_cache to ksm_slot

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Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 13:49:10 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: Alex Shi <seakeel@...il.com>, alexs@...nel.org,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org,
 izik.eidus@...ellosystems.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] mm/ksm: rename mm_slot_cache to ksm_slot_cache

On 16.05.24 14:15, Alex Shi wrote:
> 
> 
> On 4/30/24 8:57 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>
>>> @@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ int __ksm_enter(struct mm_struct *mm)
>>>        struct mm_slot *slot;
>>>        int needs_wakeup;
>>>    -    ksm_slot = mm_slot_alloc(mm_slot_cache);
>>> +    ksm_slot = mm_slot_alloc(ksm_slot_cache);
>>
>> Similarly, this makes the code more confusion. The pattern in khugepaged is similarly:
>>
>> mm_slot = mm_slot_alloc(mm_slot_cache);
> 
> Could we rename it to khg_mm_slot_cache in khugepaged?

I don't see any sense in such renaming, sorry. This code resides in 
ksm.c/khugepaged.c respectively and at least for me is, therefore, quite 
clear.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb