Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:24:33 +0200 From: "Vlad GALU" <dudu@dudu.ro> To: "Sonja Milicic" <tanarri@geri.cc.fer.hr> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large array in KVM Message-ID: <ad79ad6b0712070324s1718aae3k29bffd0cbca98d70@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4757F5E4.5030500@geri.cc.fer.hr> References: <4757F5E4.5030500@geri.cc.fer.hr>
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On 12/6/07, Sonja Milicic <tanarri@geri.cc.fer.hr> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I'm working on a kernel module that needs to maintain a large structure > in memory. As this structure could grow too big to be stored in memory, > it would be good to offload parts of it to the disk. What would be the > best way to do this? Could using a memory-mapped file help? Take a look at how the md(4) driver allocates swap-backed memory. Perhaps you could do the same for your structure, given that your swap space is big enough to hold it. > > Thanks in advance, > Sonja > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Mahnahmahnah!
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