RE: ZONE_PADDING wastes 4 bytes of the new cacheline

Robert White
2004-10-25T20:13:23Z

As another "americanisim", "loaner" is something that is, or is to be, loaned out for
a time.

Usage:

"Where didyou get the fancy car?"
"It's a loaner, the dealer is fixing my hunk-of-junk."

I'd bet the comment is a spelling error, not that I have any real opinion... 8-)

-----Original Message-----
From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]
On Behalf Of Andrea Arcangeli
I don't understand what loner means.
online dict returns:

loner
n : a person who avoids the company or assistance of others