From: Ingo Oeser <ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de>
To: Atm account <linux1@cdotd.ernet.in>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: RAMFS and Swapping
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:31:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020823093140.A634@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.10.10208212232070.7953-100000@moon.cdotd.ernet.in>; from linux1@cdotd.ernet.in on Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 10:39:26PM +0500
On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 10:39:26PM +0500, Atm account wrote:
> I have a simple doubt regarding use Of RAMFS.In which cases should i
> use ramfs/shmfs/tmpfs?
>
> If i create a RAMFS on "RAM" and run binaries from RAMFS
> created.Would the pages would be swapped to swap device or not.Whether
> the physical pages allocated to the RAMFS would be part of page cache or
> not.
Pages in ramfs are not swappable. Pages in tmpfs/shmfs are in RAM
by default and are swapped out if memory gets thight.
Regards
Ingo Oeser
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