Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:58:08 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.32-pre4/SMP still doesn't boot on Compaq Proliant 1600 |
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On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Benjamin C.R. LaHaise wrote:
>Ah, I see what you're talking about. In theory we make rw_swap_page use >the page cache operations of the filesystem (or block device) by simply >relabelling the page from its swap cache entry. Actually, if we use the >page cache for block device access, doesn't that mean that we can get rid >of the swapper_inode completely? This seems like an obvious way of doing
The swapper_inode only say "I am a swap cache page". Also the PG_swap_cache bitflag say the same. So we could remove the swapper inode even now but that's not a maojor issue.
The swapper inode only deals with the swap cache and the swap cache is not the right place where to allocate the loop cache.
Andrea
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