Hi,
> 
> Since both of us (and no one else joins this thread so far) 
> came to the same point, I guess we implicitly agree that 
> somehow Linux 2.6.x VM checks this (reference?) counter and 
> doesn't swap this kind of page.
> 

FYI
Found something in Documentation/vm/page_migration (Section B. how
migrate_pages() works) that kinda confirms our expectations..
" The refcount of the page is examined and we back out if references
remain otherwise we know that we are the only one referencing this page
"

Regards,
Tom


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