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Re: Making tmpfs reserved memory configurable



On Fri 30 May 2014 at 16:56:01 +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> One open issue is the name - I somehow thought "reservee" would be a proper
> noune for "reserved memory", but apparently this does not work out well
> for native speakers, so it probably should be named something else.
> What about "min_ram_free"? Other suggestions?

I'm not a native speaker either, but it seems "reserve" (one fewer e)
would be good.

> --- sbin/mount_tmpfs/mount_tmpfs.8    4 Dec 2013 18:05:21 -0000       1.17
> +++ sbin/mount_tmpfs/mount_tmpfs.8    30 May 2014 13:42:46 -0000
> @@ -83,8 +83,12 @@
>  Specifies the total file system size in bytes.
>  If zero is given (the default), the available amount of memory (including
>  main memory and swap space) will be used.
> -Note that four megabytes are always reserved for the system and cannot
> +Note that some memory (by default:
> +four megabytes) are always reserved for the system and cannot
>  be assigned to the file system.

"some memory (...) are" -> "some memory is".

I'd split the lines as

| Note that some memory
| (by default: four megabytes)
| is always reserved for the system and cannot

-Olaf.
-- 
___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- The Doctor: No, 'eureka' is Greek for
\X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl    -- 'this bath is too hot.'

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