Re: mmap() versus read()
Martin von Loewis (martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de)
Mon, 9 Mar 1998 22:43:09 +0100
> Why does Linux page executables from their original location? Isn't
> that slower than putting it into the swapfile because you have to
> wade through the filesystem layer when you need to page in? Or is
> the penalty for writing it into the swap bigger than the filesystem
> overhead?
Yes.
Martin
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