From: Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>
To: Matthias Arnold <Matthias.Arnold@edda.imsid.uni-jena.de>
Cc: Linux MM <linux-mm@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: LINUX-MM
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:16:54 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.03.9903231514290.10060-100000@mirkwood.dummy.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <36F7A0CD.C1361112@imsid.uni-jena.de>
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Matthias Arnold wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.Unfortunately the memory is not (at least
> not completely) returned to the system after the program has
> finished (as the OS comand 'free' tells me).
Hmm, what version of the kernel are you using?
IIRC there's a slight bug in some of the newer kernels
where the swap cache isn't being freed when you exit
your program, but only later on when the system tries
to reclaim memory...
Rik -- Open Source: you deserve to be in control of your data.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <36F7A0CD.C1361112@imsid.uni-jena.de>
1999-03-23 14:16 ` Rik van Riel [this message]
1999-03-23 15:49 ` LINUX-MM Kev
1999-03-23 16:31 ` LINUX-MM Kev
1999-03-23 17:32 ` LINUX-MM Stephen C. Tweedie
[not found] ` <36F895C4.1801DBE6@imsid.uni-jena.de>
[not found] ` <14072.61375.667166.523842@dukat.scot.redhat.com>
[not found] ` <36F8F7DD.6DF9E048@imsid.uni-jena.de>
1999-03-24 14:38 ` LINUX-MM Stephen C. Tweedie
1999-03-24 0:23 ` LINUX-MM Andrea Arcangeli
1999-03-24 0:33 ` LINUX-MM Rik van Riel
1999-03-24 13:56 ` LINUX-MM Stephen C. Tweedie
1999-03-24 17:14 ` LINUX-MM Andrea Arcangeli
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