"S.Karthik" <skarthik@midascomm.com> writes: > hai all & Greg > > I am new to linux kernels..... > > What is this kswapd demon that is always running > If that is the swapping mechanism of the kernel > If its so how the kernel parts are running as demons For the 2.6 kernel, check out the function in mm/vmscan.c called "kswapd" and its callers. -- --Ed L Cashin | PGP public key: ecashin@uga.edu | http://noserose.net/e/pgp/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/