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Re: uarea swap-out
> The following patch removes the uarea swap-out functionality: [...]
> After some thought and discussion with few developers, I believe it
> is worth, because it: [...]
> Concerns?
Well, it's difficult to evaluate whether a benefit is worth a price
when all we have is the benefit. What's the price here? Is there any
price beyond, effectively, some wired kernel memory per process? How
much memory is that - how large are uareas on typical ports?
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