Re: [PATCH][5/8] proc: export mlocked pages info through "/proc/meminfo: Wired"

Nick Piggin
2006-03-22T07:23:18Z

Stone Wang wrote:
> The name "Wired" could be changed to which one most kids think better
> fits the job.
>
> I choosed "Wired" for:
> "Locked" will conflict with PG_locked bit of a pags.
> "Pinned" indicates a short-term lock,so not fits the job too.
>

Err we're going around in circles here. This tangent started because
I suggested that you could call them "mlock" or "mlocked".

But don't get too hung up on the naming. I pointed out quite a lot
of much more fundamental problems.

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