Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 17:21:53 -0400 From: Jason Andresen <jandrese@mitre.org> To: Dwayne.MacKinnon@xwave.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory allocation question Message-ID: <3BBA2FF1.84FF06AC@mitre.org> References: <3BBA29C0.5E125DAF@xwave.com>
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Dwayne wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm creating an app where I want to use memory to store data so I > can get at it quickly. The problem is, I can't afford the delays that > would occur if the memory gets swapped out. Is there any way in FreeBSD > to allocate memory so that the VM system won't swap it out? It's not a 100% guarentee IIRC, but I think madvise(2) can tell FreeBSD to try it's best to not swap out parts of memory. -- \ |_ _|__ __|_ \ __| Jason Andresen jandrese@mitre.org |\/ | | | / _| Network and Distributed Systems Engineer _| _|___| _| _|_\___| Office: 703-883-7755 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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