From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: vm-pageout-throttling.patch: hanging in throttle_vm_writeout/blk_congestion_wait
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:07:37 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1CUYtl-0001Ga-00@be1.7eggert.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fa.c8odfd2.1a3mtig@ifi.uio.no>
Hans Reiser wrote:
> Does Andrew's approach prevent putting swap on a compressed file (useful
> for reiser4 once the compression plugin is stable, not reiserfs)?
No, it's prevented by having a sane mind. Compression might be OK for swap,
but a compressed file will compete for physical disk space - and lose.
As long as the swap system doesn't know it's going to happen, you're going
to lose, too.
--
Orbiting [..] is a planet whose ape-descended life forms are so
amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a
pretty neat idea. -- "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
next parent reply other threads:[~2004-11-17 23:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <fa.hmuv5gp.g5krg5@ifi.uio.no>
[not found] ` <fa.c8odfd2.1a3mtig@ifi.uio.no>
2004-11-17 23:07 ` Bodo Eggert [this message]
2004-11-15 1:26 Sami Farin
2004-11-15 21:56 ` Hugh Dickins
2004-11-15 22:37 ` Sami Farin
2004-11-15 22:51 ` Ryan Cumming
2004-11-15 23:17 ` Sami Farin
2004-11-15 23:56 ` Andrew Morton
2004-11-16 16:11 ` Hans Reiser
2004-11-17 4:14 ` Andrew Morton
2004-11-17 11:38 ` Jari Ruusu
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