Re: Is there any error checking on swap?

From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg_at_funkthat.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2020 00:29:12 -0700
bob prohaska wrote this message on Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 20:33 -0700:
> Is there any error checking on swap traffic, along the lines of
> a checksum or parity test? 
> 
> Just curious what happens if a page written out is corrupted  when
> it comes back.

Looks like it doesn't:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/vm/swap_pager.c?annotate=361965#l1389

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