Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:39:07 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH -mm 5/6] mm: Print first block offset for swap areas |
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:10:54 +0200 "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> wrote:
> In order to use a swap file with swsusp we need to know the offset at which > its swap header is located. However, the swap header is always located in the > first page block of the swap file and it's quite easy to make sys_swapon() print > the offset of the swap file's (or swap partition's) first page block.
Why is this needed? The swapfile's pathname is present in /proc/swaps, so an application can read that, do the FIBMAP and rewrite grub.conf without needing to parse dmesg? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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