Re: [PATCH 13/33] readahead: state based method - aging accounting

Wu Fengguang
2006-05-27T07:21:54Z

On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 12:00:58AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Wu Fengguang <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> wrote:
> >
> > > Is this function well-named? Why does it have "cold" in the name?
> >
> > Because it only sums `nr_inactive', leaving out `nr_active'.
>
> We use the term "cold" to refer to probably-cache-cold pages in the page
> allocator. How about you use "inactive"?

Got it, thanks.