Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:17:05 +0200 | From | Sami Farin <> | Subject | Re: vm-pageout-throttling.patch: hanging in throttle_vm_writeout/blk_congestion_wait |
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On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 02:51:19PM -0800, Ryan Cumming wrote: > On Monday 15 November 2004 14:37, Sami Farin wrote: > > I know it's a "nicer" idea to use some partition for the swap > > instead of a file on reiserfs, but I created too small swap partitions > > originally and I can't(/bother?) resize the other partitions. > > And sometimes some memhog forces me to add even more swap. > > He's not suggesting you use a swap partition; he's suggesting you swapon the > file directly without using the loopback device, ie: > > swapon /path/to/file/on/reiserfs > > This allows the kernel to perform certain optimizations and removes the > overhead of the loopback device.
It also removes encryption, which I wish to have.
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