On 04/16/12 06:31, Richard Yao wrote: > Dear Linus Torvalds et al, > > I am having some trouble with an out of tree module for a virtual block > device driver. I need to disable the direct reclaim path when the device > is used as swap. I cannot see a way to detect that the device is being > used as swap, so I am currently disabling it unconditionally. > > Is there a clean way to detect that the block device is being used as > swap? I am not subscribed to the list, so please CC replies to me. > > Yours truly, > Richard Yao > Please disregard my previous email. I just discovered a deadlock that can occur if this were done.