From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:29:09 -0600 (CST) From: Christoph Lameter Subject: Re: linux memory mgmt system question In-Reply-To: <396532.97722.qm@web56504.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <396532.97722.qm@web56504.mail.re3.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Catalin CIONTU Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: 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? -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org