On 10/16/07, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
sorry, I was not offensive at all, that was ONLY a question.
but, still I have a question, what if the kernel is usin' too much memory,
which ur RAM can't hold?
Hi..
>> Since it's in kernel space, it won't be swapped out.
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> Why wouldn't things in kernel space be swapped out? Dosen't make sense...
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Those pages in kernel space aren't considered during page frame
reclaiming. This is a Linux kernel design issue, not about choosing
which one is make sense or not.
sorry, I was not offensive at all, that was ONLY a question.
but, still I have a question, what if the kernel is usin' too much memory,
which ur RAM can't hold?
regards,
Mulyadi
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