diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 73d1bb7..73a4d4b 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ Adding the `discard` option for the mounted ZVOL in `\etc\fstab` effectively ena You may use a zvol as a swap device but you'll need to configure it appropriately. +**CAUTION:** for now swap on zvol may lead to deadlock, in this case please send your logs [here](https://github.com/zfsonlinux/zfs/issues/7734). + * Set the volume block size to match your systems page size. This tuning prevents ZFS from having to perform read-modify-write options on a larger block while the system is already low on memory. * Set the `logbias=throughput` and `sync=always` properties. Data written to the volume will be flushed immediately to disk freeing up memory as quickly as possible. * Set `primarycache=metadata` to avoid keeping swap data in RAM via the ARC.