From: mfbaustx <mfbaustx@gmail.com>
To: "Kyle Moffett" <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: copy_from_user / copy_to_user with no swap space
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:26:45 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.thi62vj9nwjy9v@titan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B72905BB-6E8D-47FD-9A20-269B27136DB2@mac.com>
> pages and memory-mapped files may be "swapped-out" even *without* a swap
> device. As an example, when I first start /bin/bash (ignoring readahead
Fair enough. The kernel can reclaim pieces of RAM knowing that certain
text sections will availble on the storage medium from which they were
originally loaded. Right?
Also, I suppose one of the less obvious side-effects of using copy_to_user
would be to cause a copy-on-write of a data section?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-16 20:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-16 19:19 mfbaustx
2006-10-16 19:28 ` Oliver Neukum
2006-10-16 19:47 ` mfbaustx
2006-10-17 10:58 ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-10-17 12:00 ` Helge Hafting
2006-10-16 19:34 ` Al Viro
2006-10-16 19:39 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-10-16 20:26 ` mfbaustx [this message]
2006-10-16 20:21 ` Horst H. von Brand
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