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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Memory leak?
From: "dawydiuk" <>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:39:19 -0000
Hello,

> Here's a summary of the free command output at 0 hours and 46 hours
> into the test:
> 
>          used    free     buf  cached
> 0 hrs   15568   13304     788    8788
> 46hrs   25004    3568    2500   10112
> 
> You'll notice that buffer/cache allocations increase, but not nearly
> enough to account for the decrease in free memory.
> 
> ps listings taken at 0 and 46 hours show no appreciable change to the
> memory allocations for processes.

"The short answer is that you should never worry about the amount of
free memory on Linux. The kernel attempts to keep this slightly above
zero by keeping the cache as large as possible. This is a feature not
a bug." 

Why doesn't free memory go down
http://sourcefrog.net/weblog/software/linux-kernel/free-mem.html


//Eddie








 
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