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Naming is hard :) > I'm confused about the _READONLY, well. and the FOLL_PIN_NO_GUP_WRITE. > > We want to longterm write-pin. > > @Pankaj, how come you would call this "FOLL_PIN_NO_GUP_WRITE" -- why "no GUP > write" ? Honestly,  I did not finalize it then, just tossed the name for some suggestion :-) > I agree that someting like FOLL_LONGTERM_LEGACY_* is the right thing to do, but > I don't see where this is "no write" or "readonly" ? Maybe  FOLL_LONGTERM_LEGACY_, still pondering what that name could be ... Thanks, Pankaj