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Interesting, thank you. I stand by my original point, downvotes be damned.





I was wrong in my unconditional assertion that `tmpfs` does not use swap. It can, depending on conditions described here[0].

What I was thinking about is `ramfs`, which does not use/support swap and has other limitations not present in `tmpfs`.

Sorry for confusing the topic.

0 - https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/filesystems/tmpfs.htm...


> Interesting, thank you.

Glad to help out. Here[0] is more information regarding Linux swap space as it relates to processes and the VMM subsystem.

> I stand by my original point, downvotes be damned.

:-D

0 - https://phoenixnap.com/kb/swap-space




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