Hi.... Maybe I duplicate what peter had said.. On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 6:13 PM, shyam Burkule <shyam.burkule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > what do we exactly mean by anonymous page ? simple, it has no backing file.... > Why special treatment is give for user process address space pages and > anonymous pages , in case of reclamation? special? such as? all I know, since they are anonymous, they will be swapped out instead of sync()-ed back to its backing file(s). For user process pages, if it is non anonymous and being reclaimed....they will be sync-ed back. The exception is when you do mlock/mlockall toward anon pages. They will stay on RAM until unlocked... regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
