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59 .Nd modify swap configuration
66 .Fn swapctl "int cmd" "void *arg" "int misc"
70 function is used to add and delete swap devices, and modify their
75 parameter specifies the operation to be performed.
80 parameters have different meanings, depending on the
83 .Bl -enum -offset indent
89 the current number of swap devices in the system is returned.
94 parameters are ignored.
100 the current statistics for swap devices are returned in the
105 swap devices are returned.
108 parameter should point to an array of at least
110 struct swapent structures:
113 dev_t se_dev; /* device id */
114 int se_flags; /* entry flags */
115 int se_nblks; /* total blocks */
116 int se_inuse; /* blocks in use */
117 int se_priority; /* priority */
118 char se_path[PATH_MAX+1]; /* path to entry */
122 The flags are defined as
124 SWF_INUSE in use: we have swapped here
125 SWF_ENABLE enabled: we can swap here
126 SWF_BUSY busy: I/O happening here
127 SWF_FAKE fake: still being built
136 parameter is used as a pathname of a file to enable swapping to.
139 parameter is used to set the priority of this swap device.
147 parameter is used as the pathname of a file to disable swapping from.
150 parameter is ignored.
160 parameters have the same function as for the
162 case, except that they change the priority of a currently enabled swap device.
170 parameter is used as the pathname of a device to use as the dump device,
171 should the system panic.
176 .Dv SWAP_GETDUMPDEV ,
179 parameter points to a dev_t, which is filled in by the current dump device.
182 When swapping is enabled on a block device, the first portion of the disk is
183 left unused to prevent any disklabel present from being overwritten.
184 This space is allocated from the swap device when the
188 The priority of a swap device can be used to fill faster swap devices before
190 A priority of 0 is the highest, with larger numbers having lower priority.
191 For a fuller discussion on swap priority, see the
203 returns the number of swap devices, if successful.
206 command is always successful.
207 Otherwise it returns 0 on success and \-1
208 on failure, setting the global variable
210 to indicate the error.
216 Search permission is denied for a component of the path prefix.
218 The device specified by
220 has already been made available for swapping.
223 points outside the process' allocated address space.
225 The device configured by
227 has no associated size, or the
231 An I/O error occurred while opening the swap device.
233 Too many symbolic links were encountered in translating the pathname.
234 .It Bq Er ENAMETOOLONG
235 A component of a pathname exceeded
237 characters, or an entire path name exceeded
241 The named device does not exist.
244 command, the named device is not currently enabled for swapping.
246 A component of the path prefix is not a directory.
248 The major device number of
250 is out of range (this indicates no device driver exists
251 for the associated hardware); or
252 the block device specified by
254 is not marked as a swap partition in the disklabel.
256 The caller is not the super-user.
263 function call appeared in
271 when the header file was also moved from
273 to its current location in
277 The current swap system was designed and implemented by
278 .An Matthew Green Aq Mt mrg@eterna.com.au ,
280 .An Paul Kranenburg Aq Mt pk@NetBSD.org
282 .An Leo Weppelman Aq Mt leo@NetBSD.org ,
284 .An Jason R. Thorpe Aq Mt thorpej@NetBSD.org .