linux-kernel - Re: no way to swapoff a deleted swap file?

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Message-ID: <48F886B9.8030403@davidnewall.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:06:09 +1030
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
CC:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Peter Cordes <peter@...des.ca>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: no way to swapoff a deleted swap file?

Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Oct 2008, Bodo Eggert wrote:
>   
>> Somebody might want their swapfiles to have zero links,
>> _and_ the possibility of doing swapoff.
>>     
>
> You're right, they might, and it's not an unreasonable wish.
> But we've not supported it in the past, and I still don't
> think it's worth adding special kernel support for it now.

But it is supported now.  It's swapoff that's not supported, and I don't
think that matters.
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