Re: [PATCH] docs/admin-guide/mm/concepts.rst: grammar fixups

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On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 11:29:27PM -0800, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 11/5/18 10:35 PM, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 01:12:40PM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 05, 2018 at 09:58:15PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> >>> @@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Virtual Memory Primer
> >>>  The physical memory in a computer system is a limited resource and
> >>>  even for systems that support memory hotplug there is a hard limit on
> >>>  the amount of memory that can be installed. The physical memory is not
> >>> -necessary contiguous, it might be accessible as a set of distinct
> >>> +necessary contiguous; it might be accessible as a set of distinct
> >>
> >> necessarily
> >>
> >>>  address ranges. Besides, different CPU architectures, and even
> >>> -different implementations of the same architecture have different view
> >>> -how these address ranges defined.
> >>> +different implementations of the same architecture have different views
> >>> +of how these address ranges defined.
> >>
> >> "are defined"?
> >>
> >>>  Each physical memory page can be mapped as one or more virtual
> >>>  pages. These mappings are described by page tables that allow
> >>> -translation from virtual address used by programs to real address in
> >>> -the physical memory. The page tables organized hierarchically.
> >>> +translation from a virtual address used by programs to the real
> >>> +address in the physical memory. The page tables are organized
> >>> +hierarchically.
> >>
> >> I don't like the term "real address".  Can we say "physical address in memory" here, or "address of physical memory" or something?
> >  
> > I didn't really like it as well, but I couldn't think of any better
> > adjective to emphasize that address in the physical memory is "the real
> > thing".
> > 
> > Maybe the best would be to drop "real" and make it 
> > 
> > "translation from a virtual address used by programs to the 
> > address in the physical memory"
> 
> physical memory address ?

Works for me, thanks!
 
> 
> -- 
> ~Randy
> 

-- 
Sincerely yours,
Mike.




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