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Date:      Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:08:54 -0400
From:      "Dieter BSD" <dieterbsd@engineer.com>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   mlock/mlockall (was: Re: problems with mmap() and disk caching)
Message-ID:  <20120410170855.155050@gmx.com>

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Andrey writes:
> Wired memory: kernel memory and yes, application may get wired memory
> through mlock()/mlockall(), but I haven't seen any real application
> which calls mlock().

Apps with real time considerations may need to lock memory to prevent
having to wait for page/swap.



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