Clarifying memory management with page folios
Clarifying memory management with page folios
Posted Mar 18, 2021 21:47 UTC (Thu) by unixbhaskar (guest, #44758)Parent article: Clarifying memory management with page folios
"One should also bear in mind that there is an inevitable discussion on naming to be had; it is already clear that "folio" is not popular, though alternatives are currently thin on the ground. One conclusion is thus clear: the kernel may well get folios or something like them, but it seems unlikely to happen soon."
Matthew and Jon, how about a simple name(well, kernel is a bloody complex thing, it doesn't mean, it has to have a complex or artistic name,does it?) like "page_access" ? (I am sure that I missed certain things, a plethora of kernel API/ABI should have checked before preaching ...:) , which I haven't done so. But ......
Stop fretting at my naivety .... :) ..please...