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Because it's not what what you think it is and doesn't do what you think it does. https://chrisdown.name/2018/01/02/in-defence-of-swap.html
While the rest of that post matches my understanding of swap (I still think 1GB is next to useless in this case), that summarized point perplexes me.
What non-special file(s) does the kernel write to and read from, and how does it know how much space to use?