From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751177AbVHLN0b (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:26:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751178AbVHLN0b (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:26:31 -0400 Received: from silver.veritas.com ([143.127.12.111]:54609 "EHLO silver.veritas.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751177AbVHLN0a (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:26:30 -0400 Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:28:20 +0100 (BST) From: Hugh Dickins X-X-Sender: hugh@goblin.wat.veritas.com To: David Howells cc: Daniel Phillips , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Rename PageChecked as PageMiscFS In-Reply-To: <5278.1123850479@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Message-ID: References: <200508121329.46533.phillips@istop.com> <200508110812.59986.phillips@arcor.de> <20050808145430.15394c3c.akpm@osdl.org> <26569.1123752390@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <5278.1123850479@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2005 13:26:25.0930 (UTC) FILETIME=[7083BEA0:01C59F41] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, David Howells wrote: > Daniel Phillips wrote: > > I'm just requesting that you base your stuff on my patch that's already in > -mm. The names in there are already in use, though not currently in the -mm > patch (the patches that use it have been temporarily dropped). Seconded: that would be fair, I see no reason to change your naming. > > Anyway, it sounds like you want to bless the use of private page flags in > > filesystems. That is most probably a bad idea. > > Just because you don't like it doesn't make it a bad idea or wrong. Seconded: I see no virtue in denying filesystems their one page flag. Hugh