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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 13:03:47 +0200
Petr Pavlu <petr.pavlu@suse.com> wrote:

> > I'm dumb. What's an "era"?  
> 
> I meant it as a calendar era or epoch. The idea was to hint this is
> a number that identifies some structural state of the pages list. Maybe
> pages_gen ("generation") or another name would be better?

Ah, out of context I thought it was short for something. Perhaps just use
"cnt" with a comment, as that can be generic enough for what it is.

Thanks,

-- Steve