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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
To: christophe.varoqui@free.fr
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Q] don't allow tmpfs to page out
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 10:00:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040715080017.GB20889@devserv.devel.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1089878317.40f6392d7e365@imp5-q.free.fr>

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On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 09:58:37AM +0200, christophe.varoqui@free.fr wrote:
> > 
> > just do 
> > mount -t ramfs none /mnt/point
> > 
> Would that be a suitable solution to store callout binaries for daemons like
> multipathd that need to work in case of system-disk outage (/bin & swap on SAN
> for example) ?

somewhat, as long as ALL requirements are there, including all libraries ;)

> If so, is it possible and/or correct for the daemon to do a private ramfs mount
> for this purpose ?

sure; namespaces can do a LOT
> 
> And while I'm at throwing all the questions I have on my mind :
> * how can I disable on-demand loading for the daemon ?
> * does mlockall() provides all the necessary garanties ?

mlockall does not guarantee that syscalls you do don't cause memory
allocations, nor does the ramfs approach.

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  reply	other threads:[~2004-07-15  8:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-07-15  7:58 [Q] don't allow tmpfs to page out christophe.varoqui
2004-07-15  8:00 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2004-07-15 10:00   ` christophe.varoqui
2004-07-15 12:31   ` namespaces (was Re: [Q] don't allow tmpfs to page out) Paul Jakma
2004-07-15 12:31     ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-07-15 12:50       ` Paul Jakma
2004-07-15 22:35       ` [dm-devel] " christophe varoqui
2004-07-15 23:00         ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-07-15 17:19     ` Andries Brouwer
2004-07-15 21:52       ` Rutger Nijlunsing
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-07-14 14:54 [Q] don't allow tmpfs to page out Michael Buesch
2004-07-14 15:42 ` William Stearns
2004-07-14 15:51   ` Michael Buesch
2004-07-14 16:01     ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-07-14 16:03       ` Michael Buesch
2004-07-14 16:04         ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-07-14 16:07           ` Michael Buesch
2004-07-14 16:08             ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-07-14 16:11               ` Michael Buesch

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