On 15/12/17 21:22, Richard Brown wrote:
The 2.4 and later swap algorithms will always try to use a good chunk of the available swap space
But this can lower your overall system performance generally
This WILL lower your overall system performance in the case of a memory leak
This WILL cause delays of HOURS during a legitimate OOM condition, because your system will take HOURS paging to disk before killing applications during the OOM killer
So where can I find "technical details for the novice" about how the "2.4 and later" algorithm works? The previous algorithm REQUIRED twice ram for optimal performance, but I never found out what happened after Linus ripped out all the old optimisation code :-( Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org