[HEADS-UP] Rawhide: /tmp is now on tmpfs
Chris Adams
cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Jun 1 15:36:54 UTC 2012
Once upon a time, Gerry Reno <greno at verizon.net> said:
> Wait a minute. Back in this thread it says that half of RAM is allocated to the tmpfs for /tmp.
Not exactly. The default size limit for a tmpfs mount is half of RAM;
the RAM is not allocated exclusively to the tmpfs. The files in a tmpfs
mount live in the page cache and can be swapped out if needed.
--
Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
More information about the devel
mailing list