Re: [PATCH 13/33] readahead: state based method - aging accounting

On Sat, May 27, 2006 at 12:00:58AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Wu Fengguang <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Is this function well-named?  Why does it have "cold" in the name?
> > 
> >  Because it only sums `nr_inactive', leaving out `nr_active'.
> 
> We use the term "cold" to refer to probably-cache-cold pages in the page
> allocator.  How about you use "inactive"?

Got it, thanks.
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