diff --git a/Documentation/ch-swapfile.rst b/Documentation/ch-swapfile.rst index 7717d680..2c20104b 100644 --- a/Documentation/ch-swapfile.rst +++ b/Documentation/ch-swapfile.rst @@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ The limitations come namely from the COW-based design and mapping layer of blocks that allows the advanced features like relocation and multi-device filesystems. However, the swap subsystem expects simpler mapping and no background changes of the file block location once they've been assigned to -swap. +swap. The constraints mentioned above (single device and single profile) are +related to the swapfile itself, i.e. the extents and their placement. It is +possible to create swapfile on multi-device filesystem as long as the extents +are on one device but this cannot be affected by user and depends on free space +fragmentation and available unused space for new chunks. With active swapfiles, the following whole-filesystem operations will skip swapfile extents or may fail: