From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: man-pages text for MAV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:29:18 +0200 Message-ID: <20100619122918.GJ18946@basil.fritz.box> References: <20100619085849.GD18946@basil.fritz.box> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Michael Kerrisk Cc: Andi Kleen , hugh.dickins-IWqWACnzNjwqdlJmJB21zg@public.gmane.org, lkml , Andrew Morton , linux-man List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:22:33PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Hi Andi, > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Andi Kleen wrote: > >> +.IR len . > >> +The KSM daemon > >> +.RI ( ksmd ) > > > > You should probably make clear it's a kernel thread, not a classic > > daemon. > > Thanks. I changed it to "KSM kernel thread" > > >> +periodically scans those areas of user memory that have > >> +been marked as mergeable, > >> +looking for pages with identical content. > > > > Overall it seems like an internal implementation detail. > > Not sure how I could improve this. Did you have some specific idea in mind? Just dropping the sentence or using soft language like "the kernel regularly attempts to merge pages" -Andi -- ak-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755583Ab0FSM3V (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:29:21 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:60157 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755554Ab0FSM3T (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jun 2010 08:29:19 -0400 Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:29:18 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Michael Kerrisk Cc: Andi Kleen , hugh.dickins@tiscali.co.uk, lkml , Andrew Morton , linux-man Subject: Re: man-pages text for MAV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE Message-ID: <20100619122918.GJ18946@basil.fritz.box> References: <20100619085849.GD18946@basil.fritz.box> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:22:33PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Hi Andi, > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Andi Kleen wrote: > >> +.IR len . > >> +The KSM daemon > >> +.RI ( ksmd ) > > > > You should probably make clear it's a kernel thread, not a classic > > daemon. > > Thanks. I changed it to "KSM kernel thread" > > >> +periodically scans those areas of user memory that have > >> +been marked as mergeable, > >> +looking for pages with identical content. > > > > Overall it seems like an internal implementation detail. > > Not sure how I could improve this. Did you have some specific idea in mind? Just dropping the sentence or using soft language like "the kernel regularly attempts to merge pages" -Andi -- ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.