From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 21:27:39 +0200 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [BUG] 2.5.30 swaps with no swap device mounted!! Message-ID: <20020828192739.GB10487@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <20020827135421.A39@toy.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Thunder from the hill Cc: William Lee Irwin III , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: Hi! > > > It might be interesting to see what happens if you unplug the swap device > > > after umounting. > > > > In the same way it might be interesting to see what happens if you put > > cigarette into gasoline tank? > > Well, you never know what unregistering does. It might happen to be > ignored for swap, once unregistered. I guess it will crash and burn, I'd suggest at least unmounting all filesystems prior to that test. Pavel -- Casualities in World Trade Center: ~3k dead inside the building, cryptography in U.S.A. and free speech in Czech Republic. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/