From c48bc311a57aff76b592cc1569ca758b84438ef5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anita Zhang Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:55:38 -0700 Subject: man: add note about operation without swap in systemd-oomd --- man/systemd-oomd.service.xml | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'man/systemd-oomd.service.xml') 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 systemd-oomd from responding in a reasonable amount of time. See "In defence of swap: common misconceptions" - for more details on swap. + for more details on swap. Any swap-based actions on systems without swap will be ignored. While + systemd-oomd 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. Be aware that if you intend to enable monitoring and actions on user.slice, user-$UID.slice, or their ancestor cgroups, it is highly recommended that your programs be -- cgit v1.2.1