From: Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com>
To: sj@kernel.org
Cc: aethernet65535@gmail.com, damon@lists.linux.dev, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] docs/mm/damon/design: accurate semantics of nr_snapshots
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 01:01:39 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811170139.32342-1-aethernet65535@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811134634.4407-1-sj@kernel.org>
On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:46:33 -0700 SJ Park <sj@kernel.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:18:39 +0800 Liew Rui Yan <aethernet65535@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Change "tried to be applied" -> "tried to be completely applied" to
> > maintain consistency between the documentation and the code.
>
> It feels bit confusing to me. The completion in this context is for "trial",
> not "application". For example, someone might wrongly think the number could
> be incremented even if a scheme was "tried" to be completely "applied" to the
> snapshot, but failed due to a quota.
>
> What about "completely tried to be applied"?
Thank you for your clarification.
"Tried to be __completely applied__" means that even if only a portion
is tried, it will still increase. "__Completely tried__ to be applied"
means that it will only increase if it is fully tried. Right?
I will change this in next revision.
Best regards,
Rui Yan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 17:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 10:18 [PATCH 0/3] docs/mm/damon/design: add explanation of nr_snapshots Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 10:18 ` [PATCH 1/3] docs/mm/damon/design: accurate semantics " Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 13:46 ` SJ Park
2026-08-11 17:01 ` Liew Rui Yan [this message]
2026-08-11 10:18 ` [PATCH 2/3] docs/mm/damon/design: difference between watermarks and nr_snapshots Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 13:48 ` SJ Park
2026-08-11 10:18 ` [PATCH 3/3] docs/mm/damon/design: fix typo of max_nr_snapshots Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-11 13:52 ` SJ Park
2026-08-11 13:56 ` [PATCH 0/3] docs/mm/damon/design: add explanation of nr_snapshots SJ Park
2026-08-11 17:02 ` Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-12 3:07 ` SJ Park
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2026-08-12 10:04 Liew Rui Yan
2026-08-12 10:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] docs/mm/damon/design: accurate semantics " Liew Rui Yan
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