@qwertydotplus@mastodon.social
2026-09-13 07:17 UTC
@draeath@infosec.exchange @ATLeagle@mastodon.online @ryanc@infosec.exchange thrashing file pages under memory pressure is not a bug, it's a direct result of not having any way to swap out anonymous pages. there is no known way to prevent such behavior (besides adding swap).
https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html
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@etchedpixels@mastodon.social 2026-09-13 09:10
@qwertydotplus@mastodon.social @draeath@infosec.exchange @ATLeagle@mastodon.online @ryanc@infosec.exchange actually there was. We added proper memory resource tracking in Linux and then the user space people got upset because their preallocate 2 gig of RAM and let the pager deal with it apps.