Hi, On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Goffredo Baroncelli wrote:
> for some reasons, I need a system capable to swap over a file on a NTFS > filesystem. I read the FAQ which say[*] Linux can use swap file safely, > deadlock free on NTFS. Until now I thought that Linux can't swap over a > device/filesystem handled in userspace. What if the userspace driver is > swapped on the filesystem handled by the driver itself ? I am wrong ? Can > someone solve my doubts ? > > [*] http://www.ntfs-3g.org/support.html#swap Ntfs-3g is used only during the swap setup (swapon), and it doesn't participate in the swapping process itself at all. The kernel swap code directly accesses the block device, no user space involved in any way. Of course this is only true if you follow the way the NTFS-3G FAQ says. If you e.g. involve a loopback device then you will have problem. Szabolcs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ ntfs-3g-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ntfs-3g-devel
