Re: Reclaim space from unused ramdisk?
From: Jan Engelhardt
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 01:27:02 EST
>I wonder if it would be possible to somehow reclaim space that has
>been previously reserved for a ramdisk without rebooting.
free_ramdisk.c:
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/mount.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
int eax = 0;
while(*argv != NULL) {
int fd = open(*argv, O_RDWR);
if(fd < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Cannot open %s: %s\n",
*argv, strerror(errno));
if(eax == 0) { eax = errno; }
continue;
}
ioctl(fd, BLKFLSBUF, 0);
close(fd);
++argv;
}
return eax == 0;
}
//eof
>How difficult would this be to write?
Jan Engelhardt
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