On Dec 3, 2007 4:51 PM, Romanowski, John (OFT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leland, > If you're looking at code for that swapping algorithm: > what happens when highest priority swap area (swap1) gets to the end, > swap1 has free slots and the next higher priority swap area (swap2) has > free clusters? > Does linux start over at the beginning of swap1 and fill swap1 before > allocating from swap2?
That's the point of priority of the swap device. You make Linux re-use swap1 before spilling to swap2. Note that Linux will not migrate back from swap2 to swap1 when stuff is freed later. Rob -- Rob van der Heij Velocity Software, Inc http://velocitysoftware.com/
