From: Anita Zhang <the.anitazha@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 04:55:38 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: man: add note about operation without swap in systemd-oomd
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man: add note about operation without swap in systemd-oomd
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diff --git a/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml b/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml
index 86c47e5b572..e87a753987a 100644
--- a/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-oomd.service.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@
     Without swap, the system enters a livelocked state much more quickly and may prevent <command>systemd-oomd</command>
     from responding in a reasonable amount of time. See
     <ulink url="https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html">"In defence of swap: common misconceptions"</ulink>
-    for more details on swap.</para>
+    for more details on swap. Any swap-based actions on systems without swap will be ignored. While
+    <command>systemd-oomd</command> can perform pressure-based actions on a system without swap, the pressure increases
+    will be more abrupt and may require more tuning to get the desired thresholds and behavior.</para>
 
     <para>Be aware that if you intend to enable monitoring and actions on <filename>user.slice</filename>,
     <filename>user-$UID.slice</filename>, or their ancestor cgroups, it is highly recommended that your programs be