On 11/04/2010 03:26 PM, Bryan O'Neal wrote:
> Please no debates on why I need to clear swap...
> 
> If I have a box with 20% free ram and 5% free swap but no paging
> activity - how do I force linux to release the allocated swap? I have
> ~ 2x as much allocated swap as free memory so simply turning swap off
> seems like a bad idea.

As far I know, you can't. Set up a maintenance window and terminate the
process, then make any system adjustments you need.