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 10:58:49 +0200 Message-ID: <20100619085849.GD18946@basil.fritz.box> References: 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: hugh.dickins-IWqWACnzNjwqdlJmJB21zg@public.gmane.org, ieidus-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org, Andi Kleen , lkml , Andrew Morton , linux-man List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org > +.IR len . > +The KSM daemon > +.RI ( ksmd ) You should probably make clear it's a kernel thread, not a classic daemon. > +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. -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