Swap usage discussion

[Ted Gould]

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On Fri, 2004-06-18 at 09:21, Ed Skinner wrote:
> * Code pages can be "dropped" and not swapped out, just abandoned, becaus=
e the=20
> content is unchanged and, if needed, Linux can simply go back to the=20
> executable file to reload any needed pages.

So does that mean that self-modifying code is supported in Linux?=20
That's interesting - typically considered a bad thing, but I guess there
are probably some programs that use that for something.

		--Ted


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