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Re: Kswapd

"S.Karthik" <skarthik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>  hai all & Greg
>
>    I am new to linux kernels.....
>  
>    What is this kswapd demon that is always running
>    If that is the swapping mechanism of the kernel
>    If its so how the kernel parts are running as demons

For the 2.6 kernel, check out the function in mm/vmscan.c called
"kswapd" and its callers.

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