Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:23:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:23:17 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.18.111]:34054 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:23:16 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:27:39 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Thunder from the hill Cc: William Lee Irwin III , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.5.30 swaps with no swap device mounted!! Message-ID: <20020828192739.GB10487@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <20020827135421.A39@toy.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 822 Lines: 22 Hi! > > > It might be interesting to see what happens if you unplug the swap device > > > after umounting. > > > > In the same way it might be interesting to see what happens if you put > > cigarette into gasoline tank? > > Well, you never know what unregistering does. It might happen to be > ignored for swap, once unregistered. I guess it will crash and burn, I'd suggest at least unmounting all filesystems prior to that test. Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. - 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/