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Diffstat (limited to 'sys-utils/swapon.8')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/sys-utils/swapon.8 b/sys-utils/swapon.8 index 510a15fd0..aea45b2f5 100644 --- a/sys-utils/swapon.8 +++ b/sys-utils/swapon.8 @@ -195,18 +195,16 @@ This can be seen in the system log as .B "swapon: swapfile has holes." .sp .RE -The swap file implementation in the kernel expects to be able to write to the -file directly, without the assistance of the filesystem. This is a problem on -preallocated files (e.g. -.BR fallocate (1)) -on filesystems like \fBXFS\fR or \fBext4\fR, and on copy-on-write -filesystems like \fBbtrfs\fR. -.PP -It is recommended to use +The swap file implementation in the kernel expects to be able to write to the file directly, +without the assistance of the filesystem. This is a problem on files with holes +(e.g. created by +.BR cp (1) +or another commands), or on files on copy-on-write filesystems like +.BR btrfs . +In some cases preallocated files (e.g. fallocate(1) on XFS) maybe interpreted +by kernel as files with holes too. The most portable solution is to use .BR dd (1) -and -.I /dev/zero -to avoid holes on XFS and ext4. +and /dev/zero in these cases. .PP .B swapon may not work correctly when using a swap file with some versions of |