Hello,
As far as I can understand, a "file system" is never swapped. What are
swapped are only processes, or part of them. By processes here I mean
the memory occupied by processes. Since a file system is not a
process, the kernel will never consider swapping the /proc file
system.
Vaibhav Kulkarni
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 17:24:01 -0700 (PDT), Harshal Vaidya
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there any chance that the memory ocupied by the
> /proc filesystem can be swapped out by the kernel?
>
> A little thought on the above question drives me to
> another question.
>
> Is the memory occupied by /proc a part of kernel
> memory ?
>
> Let me put in a scenario which led me to this
> question.
>
> Assume you've started a process which has mammoth
> memory requirements. Since this process needs memory
> the kernel will swap out all the other processes one
> by one out of the memory. Now, in extreme conditions,
> if the process still needs more memory, will the
> kernel swap out /proc itself?
>
> According to my thinking it can, but since /proc is
> such an important part of the system it raised some
> doubts in my mind.
>
> By the means of this question I just wanted to know
> the real answer.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Harshal Vaidya.
>
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