Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 17:20:52 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@jonny.eng.br> Cc: julian@FreeBSD.ORG (Julian Elischer), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/vm vm_pageout.c src/sys/ufs/mfs mfs_vfsops.c Message-ID: <199903120120.RAA71714@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199903120112.WAA28723@roma.coe.ufrj.br>
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:// Stop the mfs from trying to swap out crucial bits of the mfs
:// as this can lead to deadlock.
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:Does this change still allow mfs storage to be swapped out ?
:I do not like the idea of mfs permanently using RAM memory.
:If it is so, then maybe it's time to think again about tmpfs and
:give a big advice to mfs users.
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: Jonny
Yes. All P_NOSWAP does is prevent the swapper from taking out the
process's upages and page directory. The rest of the process will
swap normally via the pageout daemon.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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:jonny@jonny.eng.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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