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Subject: Re: Swap on loop device on tmpfs locks up machine
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Vegard Nossum wrote:
> It turns out that swap over loop device on tmpfs will lock up the
> machine.

Doesn't tmpfs use otherwise-free virtual memory?  I expect the machine
would lock up if you put swap (i.e. additional virtual memory) on such a
device.