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xaduha • today at 12:38 PM • 0 replies • view on HN

> 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.