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Message-ID: <4714588C.8010407@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:52:04 +0930
From:	David Newall <david@...idnewall.com>
To:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
CC:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...eleye.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Suparna Bhattacharya <suparna@...ibm.com>,
	Nick Piggin <piggin@...erone.com.au>
Subject: Re: OOM killer gripe (was Re: What still uses the block layer?)

Nick Piggin wrote:
> On Monday 15 October 2007 19:52, Rob Landley wrote:
>   
>> On Monday 15 October 2007 8:37:44 am Nick Piggin wrote:
>>     
>>> You really shouldn't configure
>>> so much [swap] unless you do want the kernel to actually use it all, right?
>>>       
>> Two words: "Software suspend".  I've actually been thinking of increasing
>> it on the next install...
>>     
>
> Kernel doesn't know that you want to use it for suspend but not
> regular swapping, unfortunately.
>   

Couldn't you mount swap before suspend and unmount it after resume?
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