From: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: vm-pageout-throttling.patch: hanging in throttle_vm_writeout/blk_congestion_wait
To: Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Reply-To: 7eggert@nurfuerspam.de
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 00:07:37 +0100
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Hans Reiser wrote:

> Does Andrew's approach prevent putting swap on a compressed file (useful
> for reiser4 once the compression plugin is stable, not reiserfs)?

No, it's prevented by having a sane mind. Compression might be OK for swap,
but a compressed file will compete for physical disk space - and lose.
As long as the swap system doesn't know it's going to happen, you're going
to lose, too.
-- 
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amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a
pretty neat idea.  --  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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