Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The payload data may be stored in a tmpfs filesystem, > rather than in kernel memory, if the data size exceeds the > overhead of storing the data in the filesystem. (Storing > the data in a filesystem requires filesystem structures to > be allocated in the kernel. The size of these structures > determines the size threshold above which the tmpfs storage > method is used.) Since Linux 4.8, the payload data is > encrypted when stored in tmpfs, to prevent it being written > unencrypted into swap space. "... thereby preventing it from being written unencrypted into the swapspace"? David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
