Comment Comment by xaduha > What do you think this value of 60 means?Some arbitrary number.https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.html#swappines...> At 0, the kernel will not initiate swap until the amount of free and file-backed pages is less than the high watermark in a zone.I don't see a reason why the default shouldn't be 0 then on modern systems. parent xaduha 26 days ago
Some arbitrary number.
https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/sysctl/vm.html#swappines...
> At 0, the kernel will not initiate swap until the amount of free and file-backed pages is less than the high watermark in a zone.
I don't see a reason why the default shouldn't be 0 then on modern systems.