Linux - What is Expansion swap?

What is Expansion swap?

- Expansion swap is a part of hard disk.
- This is reserved for the purpose of storing chunks of a program that is executing which is swapped out of the memory in order to make space available for other programs.
- When process requires more memory that it is currently allocated at the time of process execution, the kernel performs expansion swap.
- Kernel reserves enough space in the swap device.
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