Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 18:03:35 -0600 (CST) From: Peter da Silva <peter@bonkers.taronga.com> To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Cc: davidg@Root.COM, jmb@kryten.atinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MIT SHM X11 extensions? (fwd) Message-ID: <199502110003.SAA23105@bonkers.taronga.com> In-Reply-To: <9502101411.AA10760@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Feb 10, 95 07:11:20 am
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> Actually, you could fault the whole image to swap and close the > reference to the file -- and just allow the write, with never an > ETXTBUSY to be seen. I consider the sudden explosion of swap utilization to be a surprising consequence, especially considering the size of some images. When you're writing to an image you're likely replacing it with "install" anyway. Let "install" detect the ETXTBSY and do a little shuffle.
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