On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 02:22:33PM +0200, Michael Kerrisk wrote: > Hi Andi, > > On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> +.IR len . > >> +The KSM daemon > >> +.RI ( ksmd ) > > > > You should probably make clear it's a kernel thread, not a classic > > daemon. > > Thanks. I changed it to "KSM kernel thread" > > >> +periodically scans those areas of user memory that have > >> +been marked as mergeable, > >> +looking for pages with identical content. > > > > Overall it seems like an internal implementation detail. > > Not sure how I could improve this. Did you have some specific idea in mind? Just dropping the sentence or using soft language like "the kernel regularly attempts to merge pages" -Andi -- ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
