Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:59:56 +0100 From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The out-of-swap killer makes poor choices Message-ID: <YDaGDHqufAqHo5Vd@graf.pompo.net> In-Reply-To: <500F4BE2-87C4-45F8-85A9-326498F47CC5@gid.co.uk> References: <CAOtMX2jYmrK7ftx62_NEfNCWS7O=giHKL1p9kXCqq1t5E1arxA@mail.gmail.com> <CAOtMX2i3Njo=KBP=99_G0%2BKuSa00CVgNvacmzhTaoZUYEhwPPA@mail.gmail.com> <YDYyQ1V/hEAGV%2ByJ@kib.kiev.ua> <1984125.0OzZcVfBr4@ravel> <YDZIuXCgcpbvm57d@graf.pompo.net> <500F4BE2-87C4-45F8-85A9-326498F47CC5@gid.co.uk>
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Le mer. 24 févr. 21 à 15:26:20 +0100, Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> écrivait : > > For such cases, another solution exists on Linux to dynamically enlarge > > the swap partition (something like dphys-swapfile or SwapSpace - see > > <https://github.com/Tookmund/Swapspace>; ), but I do not know if such a > > tool exists on FreeBSD? > > You can of course add swap to a running system using swapon(8), but I > have no idea whether this will improve behaviour if the system is > already low on resources. But swapon requires a manual action, this is not dynamically adjusted. -- Th. Thomas.
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