Re: [PATCHv2 11/11] mm: Rename PG_dropbehind to PG_reclaim

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On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 10:18:16PM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 11:31:35AM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Now as PG_reclaim is gone, its name can be reclaimed for better
> > use :)
> > 
> > Rename PG_dropbehind to PG_reclaim and rename all helpers around it.
> 
> Why?  reclaim is completely generic and reclaim can mean many
> different things.  dropbehind is much more specific.

Dropbehind is somewhat obscure name. You need fair bit of context to
understand what it does.

But I don't care that much. We can keep it as PG_dropbehind.

Anybody else has opinion on this?

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov



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