From: DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net>
To: Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com>
Cc: mailinglists@unix-scripts.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Memory, where's it going?
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:41:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20051228164155.GA498@DervishD> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20051228080021.44263f03.Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com>
Hi Tommy :)
* Tommy Reynolds <Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com> dixit:
> Uttered DervishD <lkml@dervishd.net>, spake thus:
> > > I understand the concept and why things are cached, i've just never
> > > seen it cache this much before..
> > Swap memory is not used just when the machine has no free memory.
> > Although this is a rough explanation and doesn't describe exactly the
> > swap mechanism, some apps will remain into swap space even if there's
> > plenty of free RAM available, as long as they are not used.
[...]
> It is not apps that are being evicted from main memory, only some
> of their pages.
That's why I told "rough explanation" ;) I didn't want to go into
details, although I did anyway...
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-12-28 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-28 8:45 Memory, where's it going? Shaun
2005-12-28 8:53 ` DervishD
2005-12-28 9:06 ` Shaun
2005-12-28 9:55 ` DervishD
2005-12-28 14:00 ` Tommy Reynolds
2005-12-28 16:41 ` DervishD [this message]
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