linux-kernel - Re: Kernel falls apart under light memory pressure (i.e. linking vmlinux)

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Message-ID: <20110520104014.GD11729@random.random>
Date:	Fri, 20 May 2011 12:40:14 +0200
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel falls apart under light memory pressure (i.e. linking
 vmlinux)

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 04:07:40PM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> FWIW i had problems in swapping over dmcrypt for a long time -- not
> quite as severe as you. Never really tracked it down.

I use swap over dmcrypt (cryptsetup on raw device) without apparent
problems, I'd like to consider that a safe setup.
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