Re: [patch/rfc] ramdisk.. final chapter?

From: almesber@lrc.di.epfl.ch
Date: Thu Mar 09 2000 - 06:52:43 EST

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Mike Galbraith wrote:
> This [ bug ] is exposed by swapping madly (ultimate test) to a ramdisk.

Is there any case besides testing of startup scripts where swapping to a
RAM disk accomplishes anything useful ? (Weird NUMA setups ?)

If not, maybe swapon.8 needs a warning, or swapon(8) needs a -f option.

- Werner

P.S. Thanks for fixing this badly battered part of the kernel !

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