Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 May 2009 14:28:33 +0100 (BST) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/6] ksm: dont allow overlap memory addresses registrations. |
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On Wed, 6 May 2009, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > For example for the swapping of KSM pages we've been thinking of using > external rmap hooks to avoid the VM to know anything specific to KSM > pages but to still allow their unmapping and swap.
There may prove to be various reasons why it wouldn't work out in practice; but when thinking of swapping them, it is worth considering if those KSM pages can just be assigned to a tmpfs file, then leave the swapping to that.
Hugh
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