From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263336AbTDLQlN (for ); Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:41:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263338AbTDLQlN (for ); Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:41:13 -0400 Received: from siaag2ad.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.134]:13718 "EHLO siaag2ad.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263336AbTDLQlM (for ); Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:41:12 -0400 Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 12:47:29 -0400 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Completely new idea to virtual memory To: Nigel Cunningham Cc: linux-kernel Message-ID: <200304121250_MC3-1-3426-17FE@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Nigel Cunningham wrote: >> o if swsusp does not need to write already-backed pages it could >> reduce suspend time > > Hmmm. Not sure if it's worth the time taken to code & run figuring out > if it's already backed, though :>. Would we ever be talking about a > significant proportion of pages? Depends on how aggressively you write them out, I guess. Is there even a way to write pages to swap without unmapping them? -- "Let's fight till six, and then have dinner," said Tweedledum. --Lewis Carroll, _Through the Looking Glass_