Re: [PATCH 3/6] ksm: change the KSM_REMOVE_MEMORY_REGION ioctl.

Izik Eidus
2009-05-06T13:59:53Z

Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 12:16:52PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
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>> p.s. I wish you'd chosen different name than KSM - the kernel
>> has supported shared memory for many years - and notice ksm.c itself
>> says "Memory merging driver". "Merge" would indeed have been a less
>> ambiguous term than "Share", but I think too late to change that now
>> - except possibly in the MADV_ flag names?
>>
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> I don't actually care about names, so I leave this to other to discuss.
>
Well, There is no real problem changing the name, any suggestions?