On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Mulyadi Santosa <mulyadi.santosa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. > > A good diversion....now u start me thinking again....:-). > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- Peter Teoh HP: 96809281 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
