Hi... > So if some memory needs to be swapped out to disk (in order to free > memory that can be returned to the process calling kmalloc), I > understand Disk IO should suffice. But my doubt is how can a > filesystem IO help to free memory (so that it can be returned to the > process calling kmalloc)? I hope I also got your point... Think about a scenario where the swap area is actually a file stored inside formatted partition (let's say ext2). Thus, it will first generate filesystem operation, right? regards, Mulyadi. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
