From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3DF0C9A6.6BCA939E@scs.ch> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 17:00:38 +0100 From: Martin Maletinsky MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Another question on swapping Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: linux-mm@kvack.org, kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org List-ID: Hello, In the 2.4.18 kernel, is it possible for a page in the page/swap cache, to be written to disk, while there are still some references (except those of the page/swap cache and possibly the buffer cache) to that page. In other words, can a dirty page in the page/swap cache become clean, while it's reference count is >= 3 (or >= 2 and it's not in the buffer cache). If so, could you explain me the scenario in which this may occur? Thanks in advance for any help with best regards Martin Maletinsky P.S. Please put me on CC: in your reply, since I am not in the mailing list. -- Supercomputing System AG email: maletinsky@scs.ch Martin Maletinsky phone: +41 (0)1 445 16 05 Technoparkstrasse 1 fax: +41 (0)1 445 16 10 CH-8005 Zurich -- 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/