>> i've found that active swapfile could be deleted, which is
>> IMHO very dangerous (set immutable flag on in sys_swapon call?). Also,
>> sys_swapon should check whether owner of swapfile is root and is readable
>> only to root ( memory readableby anyone? hmm...)
>
>When you delete a file, you are just deleting the directory entry and
>decrementing the inode usage count by 1. Only when the inode is used 0
>time will the file actually be deleted from the filesystem. Opening the
>file counts in the inode usage count as well, so as long as the swap
>file is active, the file will still exist on the disk. Only when the
>swap file is deactivated will the file be really deleted. Changing the
>file's attributes may not work on all filesystems (like vfat/msdos, if
>you're really desperate for swap space).
My swap file was deleted while being used and instantly I got
kernel panics. The file was located on an MSDOS volume.
-- Mike A. Harris - Computer Consultant - Linux advocateLinux software galore: http://freshmeat.net
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