On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 05:08:37PM +0300, Serge wrote: > > Why do you assume tmpfs contents is always written to the swap? > > Most programs, using /tmp for temporary files, may write *large* files > there. So most programs fill tmpfs with large files. So tmpfs grows and > swaps out (probably swapping out other applications as well). > > I really can't think of any popular application that write a lot of > small-only files and can benefit from /tmp being on tmpfs. And I > know a lot of *popular* apps that will have troubles because of that. /tmp 8,0G 60M 8,0G 1% /tmp Does this count as "large files"? As "a lot of small-only files"?
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