Re: [PATCH 1/3] docs/mm/damon/design: accurate semantics of nr_snapshots

Liew Rui Yan <[email protected]>
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.damon,org.kvack.linux-mm
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On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:46:33 -0700 SJ Park <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:18:39 +0800 Liew Rui Yan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Change "tried to be applied" -> "tried to be completely applied" to
> > maintain consistency between the documentation and the code.
> 
> It feels bit confusing to me.  The completion in this context is for "trial",
> not "application".  For example, someone might wrongly think the number could
> be incremented even if a scheme was "tried" to be completely "applied" to the
> snapshot, but failed due to a quota.
> 
> What about "completely tried to be applied"?

Thank you for your clarification.

"Tried to be __completely applied__" means that even if only a portion
is tried, it will still increase. "__Completely tried__ to be applied"
means that it will only increase if it is fully tried.  Right?

I will change this in next revision.

Best regards,
Rui Yan
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