Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Block device locking (was Re: mkswap & swapon) | From | Peter Moulder <> | Date | 22 Feb 1998 09:37:00 +1100 |
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No. Please try it before suggesting that there is a problem.
See sys_swapon() in mm/swapfile.c.
pjm.
"phil.burr@usa.net (Phillip Burr)" <philb@powerquest.com> writes:
> Perhaps what is needed is a device locking mechanism. ... [As an > example of how one can swapon the same device twice, one] > could create another device for that major/minor with the command > 'mknod ~/swap b 3 3' and get around any locking mechanism using > i_count and d_count. (And any other that I know of!)
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