> No, tmpfs will be swapped out if you don't use a file for a while but > something else uses memory, including IO caching. unless too many things want to use memory, then tmpfs gives a great contribution in taking down the machine.
As you pointed out yourself in another email, under memory pressure the kernel starts doing odd choices. So the point is: is it correct to enforce a default setting that will break many software that would otherwise work flawlessy, and that makes the machine less reliable but faster for certain kind of tasks? -- Salvo Tomaselli -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206011513.46456.tipos...@tiscali.it
