The kernel code is always resident in memory, as is all the memory allocated by the kernel. It cannot be swapped out.
Hi, Does that mean that a kmalloc'ed chunk of memory will never be swapped out? Or does it only apply to statically allocated memory? Thanks, Rajat -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/