Does it actually work?

Posted Apr 14, 2025 8:37 UTC (Mon) by taladar (subscriber, #68407)
In reply to: Does it actually work? by khim
Parent article: Three ways to rework the swap subsystem

It is really less of a factor how much you overcommit and more how much of the overcommitted memory is in active use. Once that goes beyond your physical memory you have a problem no matter what you do with swap.