2026-09-12 16:16 UTC
@ATLeagle@mastodon.online @ryanc@infosec.exchange is there still a memory management bug (or shit behavior) that can cause a grinding stop if you nearly fill ram without swap?
I got around that by making a nominal 2gb one and setting swappiness low.
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@qwertydotplus@mastodon.social 2026-09-13 07:17
@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