Write-only swapping of memory pages in a computing environment

A method comprising:

• executing, by a processor, one or more processes accessing a plurality of memory pages;
• requesting, by the processor executing a process of the one or more processes, a new memory page;
• determining, by the processor, that a memory consumption limit predefined for a memory device has been exceeded by the one or more processes;
• discarding, by the processor, an existing memory page of the plurality of memory pages in response to (i) requesting the new memory page and (ii) determining that the memory consumption limit has been exceeded;
• and
• allocating, by the processor, the new memory page for the process subsequent to discarding the existing memory page.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising program code that is executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to:

• execute one or more processes accessing a plurality of memory pages;
• request, by a process of the one or more processes, a new memory page;
• determine that a memory consumption limit predefined for a memory device has been exceeded by the one or more processes;
• discard an existing memory page of the plurality of memory pages in response to (i) requesting the new memory page and (ii) determining that the memory consumption limit has been exceeded;
• and
• allocate the new memory page for the process subsequent to discarding the existing memory page.