Re: [PATCH] strict VM overcommit

Szakacsits Szabolcs (szaka@sienet.hu)
Mon, 22 Jul 2002 10:03:29 +0200 (MEST)


On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Thunder from the hill wrote:

> > (e.g. umount gives EBUSY,
> Simply because you _will_ lose data if you umount a device that's being
> scribbled on.

Potentially you _will_ lose data in swapoff case. Kernel could know
when it's save to do but no way for admin to calculate.

Szaka

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