linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHSET v6 0/12] Uncached buffered IO

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Message-ID: <36599cce-42ba-ddfb-656f-162548fdb300@gentwo.org>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 14:16:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "Christoph Lameter (Ampere)" <cl@...two.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...xchg.org, 
    clm@...a.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org, 
    kirill@...temov.name, bfoster@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET v6 0/12] Uncached buffered IO

On Tue, 3 Dec 2024, Jens Axboe wrote:

> I actually did consider using some form of temporal, as it's the only
> other name I liked. But I do think cached_uncached becomes pretty
> unwieldy. Which is why I just stuck with uncached. Yes I know it means
> different things in different circles, but probably mostly an overlap
> with deeper technical things like that. An honestly almost impossible to
> avoid overlap these days, everything has been used already :-)
>
> IOW, I think uncached is probably still the most descriptive thing out
> there, even if I'm certainly open to entertaining other names. Just not
> anything yet that has really resonated with me.

How about calling this a "transitory" page? It means fleeting, not
persistent and I think we have not used that term with a page/folio yet.