What happens if the logging device fills up?

I was under the impression that most modern systems had limits on the max sizes of the logfiles and that the logging mechanism would automagically rotate the logs as necessary. It certainly ought to be that way.

OTOH, before I started using Linux I was also under the impression that modern systems would automagically use available drive space to create swap space as needed...

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