Re: Swap partition priority

From: Andrea Venturoli <ml_at_netfence.it>
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:10:21 UTC
On 8/18/26 19:04, Andrea Venturoli wrote:

>> If there’s no problem with adding an optional parameter to the struct 
>> that swapon(2) passes to the kernel
> 
> Actually I was thinking about something much simpler and very basic.
> 
> unknown_sysctl=0: default behaviour
> unknown_sysctl=1: use the devices in order of "swapon" (when the first 
> is full, move to the second and so on).
> 
> This would not require any modifications to swapon(2), but only to 
> swp_pager_getswapspace (besides adding the sysctl, obviously).
> Right?
> 
> At least this could be a first step and allow for testing.

I've created a review:
> https://reviews.freebsd.org/D59081


I'd be happy if some expert could have a look at it.

  bye & Thanks
	av.