Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261601AbUKOXRa (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:17:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261624AbUKOXRa (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:17:30 -0500 Received: from fep19.inet.fi ([194.251.242.244]:36793 "EHLO fep19.inet.fi") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261601AbUKOXRJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:17:09 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:17:05 +0200 From: Sami Farin <7atbggg02@sneakemail.com> To: linux-kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: vm-pageout-throttling.patch: hanging in throttle_vm_writeout/blk_congestion_wait Message-ID: <20041115231705.GE6654@m.safari.iki.fi> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel Mailing List References: <20041115012620.GA5750@m.safari.iki.fi> <20041115223709.GD6654@m.safari.iki.fi> <200411151451.21671.ryan@spitfire.gotdns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200411151451.21671.ryan@spitfire.gotdns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 975 Lines: 23 On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 02:51:19PM -0800, Ryan Cumming wrote: > On Monday 15 November 2004 14:37, Sami Farin wrote: > > I know it's a "nicer" idea to use some partition for the swap > > instead of a file on reiserfs, but I created too small swap partitions > > originally and I can't(/bother?) resize the other partitions. > > And sometimes some memhog forces me to add even more swap. > > He's not suggesting you use a swap partition; he's suggesting you swapon the > file directly without using the loopback device, ie: > > swapon /path/to/file/on/reiserfs > > This allows the kernel to perform certain optimizations and removes the > overhead of the loopback device. It also removes encryption, which I wish to have. -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/