Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:58:08 +1030 | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: no way to swapoff a deleted swap file? |
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Hugh Dickins wrote: > On Thu, 16 Oct 2008, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > >> On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 17:21 -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: >> >>> I unlinked a swapfile without realizing I was still swapping on it. >>> >> I see your problem and it makes sense to look for a nice solution. >> > > although I'll willingly admit it's a > lacuna, I don't think it's one worth bloating the kernel for.
Me too. The kernel shouldn't protect the administrator against all possible mistakes; and this mistake is one of them. Besides, who's to say it's always a mistake? Somebody might want their swap file to have zero links.
Do nothing.
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