Re: man-pages text for MAV_MERGEABLE and MADV_UNMERGEABLE

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Sat Jun 19 2010 - 04:58:56 EST


> +.IR len .
> +The KSM daemon
> +.RI ( ksmd )

You should probably make clear it's a kernel thread, not a classic
daemon.

> +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.

-Andi
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