# Linux Swap Space: Memory Management, Anonymous Memory, and Performance

DevFeed: [Linux Swap Space: Memory Management, Anonymous Memory, and Performance](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/experimenting-with-the-swap-space-39638.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.gauravsarma.com/posts/2025-07-01_experimenting-with-the-swap-space>)

Published: 2025-07-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Gaurav Sarma's Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gaurav-sarma-s-blog.md>)

Topics: [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Filesystems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/filesystems.md>), [Process](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/process.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Linux swap space supplements physical memory under memory pressure, including its use for anonymous memory. It also discusses swapiness configuration and the performance costs of frequent memory churn.

## Source excerpt

. [Experimenting with Swap Space](experimenting-with-the-swap-space-cover...