linux-kernel - Re: [patch 08/10] shmem: inode defragmentation support

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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2007 14:04:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, dgc@....com, Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 08/10] shmem: inode defragmentation support

On Fri, 18 May 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

> Do we need *this*? (compare procfs)
> 
> I believe that shmfs's inodes remain "more" in memory than those of
> procfs. That is, procfs ones can find their way out (we can regenerate
> it), while shmfs/tmpfs/ramfs/etc. should not do that (we'd lose the
> file).

Ahh... Okay so shmem inodes are not defraggable.

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