From: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
To: Catalin CIONTU <cciontu@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: linux memory mgmt system question
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:29:09 -0600 (CST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0811211027210.26758@quilx.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <396532.97722.qm@web56504.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
The numbers returned by free are numbers that describe the state of the
memory for the OS. The OS can increase the amount of free memory at
any time by reclaiming memory from the disk cache, processes and other
operating system structures.
Why do you need these numbers?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-21 16:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-20 14:15 Catalin CIONTU
2008-11-21 16:29 ` Christoph Lameter [this message]
2008-11-21 20:09 ` Catalin CIONTU
2008-11-21 20:41 ` Christoph Lameter
2008-11-21 19:55 ` Tim Pepper
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