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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] ksm: change the KSM_REMOVE_MEMORY_REGION ioctl.
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Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 12:16:52PM +0100, Hugh Dickins wrote:
>   
>
>> 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?
>>     
>
> 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?