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