On 12/6/07, Sonja Milicic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone. > > I'm working on a kernel module that needs to maintain a large structure > in memory. As this structure could grow too big to be stored in memory, > it would be good to offload parts of it to the disk. What would be the > best way to do this? Could using a memory-mapped file help?
Take a look at how the md(4) driver allocates swap-backed memory. Perhaps you could do the same for your structure, given that your swap space is big enough to hold it. > > Thanks in advance, > Sonja > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > -- Mahnahmahnah! _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
