From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Swap on loop device on tmpfs locks up machine
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:19:59 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48DE2BF7.3060905@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19f34abd0809261146j72a68765i964466336a3a34dc@mail.gmail.com>
Vegard Nossum wrote:
> It turns out that swap over loop device on tmpfs will lock up the
> machine.
Doesn't tmpfs use otherwise-free virtual memory? I expect the machine
would lock up if you put swap (i.e. additional virtual memory) on such a
device.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-09-27 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-09-26 18:46 Swap on loop device on tmpfs locks up machine Vegard Nossum
2008-09-27 12:49 ` David Newall [this message]
2008-09-27 17:38 ` Bill Davidsen
2008-09-27 18:30 ` Vegard Nossum
2008-09-28 15:18 ` Hugh Dickins
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