Messages in this thread | | | From | jlnance@unity ... | Date | Mon, 31 May 2004 06:49:28 -0400 | Subject | Re: why swap at all? |
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> > cp should use fadvise() and say that it _really_ does not need those pages. > > Yes, indeed. On the other hand the sequential read could be detected by the kernel, too.
I'm not sure. Copying a file is a pretty good indication that you are about to do something with either the new or the old file.
Thanks,
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