Michael Stahl <mstahl@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > what's the point of putting swap onto a hard disk in the first place, > with today's RAM sizes (or even 10 years ago) of GBs, when swap is read > in unpredictable random order that incurs 10ms of latency each time? It allows you to run in strict overcommit mode (with vm.overcommit_memory=20). Swap is only there as a fallback, to allow the kernel to increase its commit limit. It is basically never used. Strict overcommit helps to salvage the system in case there are multiple run-away processes allocating lots of memory. Florian _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
