Re: Questions regarding Linux swapping.
Wakko Warner (wakko@animx.eu.org)
Mon, 2 Aug 1999 12:57:00 -0400
> Is there a way to tell the kernel to swap certain programs?
>
> I know that sounds weird... but there are many things I have loaded
> that don't get used continously. Inetd isn't always the answer...
>
> After running for a while, most usually end up in swap anyway, but it
> would be convenient to be able to tell the kernel to swap most of certain
> processes so the additional ram could be used for cache that much
> sooner...
How about the opposite? Disallow programs to swap. After having a program
go nuts and eat all the memory (assuming one would be at the keyboard), they
could implement a sysrq key to disable further swapping. (sorta emulate
swap being full)
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