From: mru@users.sourceforge.net (Måns Rullgård)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: About _real_ free memory
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:48:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <yw1xsmltaai9.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: D9B4591FDBACD411B01E00508BB33C1B01F6EA74@mesadm.epl.prov-liege.be
"Frederick, Fabian" <Fabian.Frederick@prov-liege.be> writes:
> Is there a way to clean cache from unwanted data or something to
> unlink the stuff and regain some more 'free' mem. ?
If a process tries to allocate and use more than the really free
amount, some cache will be dropped automatically. From a performance
point of view, this could of course be undesirable, but normally
there's no need to think about it.
--
Måns Rullgård
mru@users.sf.net
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2003-10-16 7:23 About _real_ free memory Frederick, Fabian
2003-10-16 7:48 ` Måns Rullgård [this message]
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2003-10-16 9:04 Frederick, Fabian
2003-10-16 11:44 ` Jakob Oestergaard
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