Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 06:32:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 06:32:32 -0500 Received: from lambik.cc.kuleuven.ac.be ([134.58.10.1]:784 "EHLO lambik.cc.kuleuven.ac.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 06:32:19 -0500 Message-Id: <200110301132.MAA22471@lambik.cc.kuleuven.ac.be> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Frank Dekervel To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: need help interpreting 'free' output. Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:32:52 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org hello, since i saw strange things happening with my free memory numbers, i tried this: - i compiled and booted a fresh kernel (no proprietary modules, no patches, just 2.4.14-pre4) - i did free. bakvis:~# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 384912 55644 329268 0 3652 29880 -/+ buffers/cache: 22112 362800 Swap: 136512 0 136512 so i have 22 meg used right ? - i started the daily cron jobs (updatedb and htdig and some minor things like log rotation) - i did 'free' again. bakvis:~# free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 384912 377060 7852 0 29424 125660 -/+ buffers/cache: 221976 162936 Swap: 136512 752 135760 so now there is 220 meg used memory right ? and the memory is definitely used, because as soon as i start a memory hog the system hits swap ... so what am i missing here ? should i provide more info about my kernel configuration ? vmstat numbers ? greetings, Frank - 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/