Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932529AbVL1QlT (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:41:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932536AbVL1QlT (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:41:19 -0500 Received: from ns9.hostinglmi.net ([213.194.149.146]:32178 "EHLO ns9.hostinglmi.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932529AbVL1QlS (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2005 11:41:18 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 17:41:55 +0100 From: DervishD To: Tommy Reynolds Cc: mailinglists@unix-scripts.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Memory, where's it going? Message-ID: <20051228164155.GA498@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: Tommy Reynolds , mailinglists@unix-scripts.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20051228085328.GA25380@DervishD> <026801c60b8d$ef128360$6501a8c0@ndciwkst01> <20051228095512.GA25654@DervishD> <20051228080021.44263f03.Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20051228080021.44263f03.Tommy.Reynolds@MegaCoder.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: DervishD X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns9.hostinglmi.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dervishd.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1151 Lines: 28 Hi Tommy :) * Tommy Reynolds dixit: > Uttered DervishD , spake thus: > > > I understand the concept and why things are cached, i've just never > > > seen it cache this much before.. > > Swap memory is not used just when the machine has no free memory. > > Although this is a rough explanation and doesn't describe exactly the > > swap mechanism, some apps will remain into swap space even if there's > > plenty of free RAM available, as long as they are not used. [...] > It is not apps that are being evicted from main memory, only some > of their pages. That's why I told "rough explanation" ;) I didn't want to go into details, although I did anyway... Ra?l N??ez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 | http://www.dervishd.net http://www.pleyades.net & http://www.gotesdelluna.net It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/