Re: [PATCH 1/3] Add flag to identify block swap devices

From: Minchan Kim
Date: Mon May 17 2010 - 07:58:23 EST


On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Nitin Gupta <ngupta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Added SWP_BLKDEV flag to distinguish block and regular file backed
> swap devices. We could also check if a swap is entire block device,
> rather than a file, by:
> S_ISBLK(swap_info_struct->swap_file->f_mapping->host->i_mode)
> but, I think, simply checking this flag is more convenient.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nitin Gupta <ngupta@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@xxxxxxxxx>

We can enhance swap_show by the flag as further patch.

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Kind regards,
Minchan Kim
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