Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 09:03:03 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Swap performance (was: Getting rid of /usr file system) Message-ID: <20011220090303.T73243@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0112191348140.36795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu on Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 01:48:42PM -0800 References: <20011220073554.Q73243@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0112191348140.36795-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On 2001-Dec-19 13:48:42 -0800, Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> wrote: >On Thu, 20 Dec 2001, Peter Jeremy wrote: > >> The above is somewhat simplified - it ignores sticky executables >> (which transform filesystem I/O into swap I/O) and mmap(2) (which can >> result in paging to, as well as from, the filesystem) - but I believe >> it is generally representative. > >There is no such thing as a 'sticky executable' on FreeBSD. See sticky(8). >:-) I'm aware of that. The sticky bit reference was for traditional Unices - where the sticky bit on an executable meant that the text segment stuck in swap after the process exited. Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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