Re: [RESEND PATCH v7 00/10] Small-sized THP for anonymous memory

[David Hildenbrand]

> > Agreed. We are bikeshedding here. But if we really can't swallow "small-sized
> > THP" then perhaps the most efficient way to move this forwards is to review the
> > documentation (where "small-sized THP" appears twice in order to differentiate
> > from PMD-sized THP) - its in patch 3. Perhaps it will be easier to come up with
> > a good description in the context of those prose? Then once we have that,
> > hopefully a term will fall out that I'll update the commit logs with.
>
> I will see you over in patch 3, then. I've already looked at it and am going
> to suggest a long and a short name. The long name is for use in comments and
> documentation, and the short name is for variable fragments:
>
>       Long name:  "pte-mapped THPs"
>       Short names: pte_thp, or pte-thp

The issue is that any THP can be pte-mapped, even a PMD-sized THP. 
However, the "natural" way to map a PMD-sized THP is using a PMD.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb