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| author | Anita Zhang <the.anitazha@gmail.com> | 2021-06-09 21:55:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek@in.waw.pl> | 2021-06-10 07:24:18 +0200 |
| commit | c48bc311a57aff76b592cc1569ca758b84438ef5 (patch) | |
| tree | 66a6e8d63fed66f8293500e3434655cc549d8ab0 /man/systemd-oomd.service.xml | |
| parent | 3c3335c7146a43137c46acfa18417cca101cb088 (diff) | |
| download | systemd-c48bc311a57aff76b592cc1569ca758b84438ef5.tar.gz | |
man: add note about operation without swap in systemd-oomd
Diffstat (limited to 'man/systemd-oomd.service.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/systemd-oomd.service.xml | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml b/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml index 86c47e5b57..e87a753987 100644 --- a/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml +++ b/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ Without swap, the system enters a livelocked state much more quickly and may prevent <command>systemd-oomd</command> from responding in a reasonable amount of time. See <ulink url="https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html">"In defence of swap: common misconceptions"</ulink> - for more details on swap.</para> + for more details on swap. Any swap-based actions on systems without swap will be ignored. While + <command>systemd-oomd</command> can perform pressure-based actions on a system without swap, the pressure increases + will be more abrupt and may require more tuning to get the desired thresholds and behavior.</para> <para>Be aware that if you intend to enable monitoring and actions on <filename>user.slice</filename>, <filename>user-$UID.slice</filename>, or their ancestor cgroups, it is highly recommended that your programs be |