Re: too much used memory

[John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, sabrina lautier wrote:
> 
> > I'm running a linux (redhat 6.2) box.
> > I don't really understand the results of the 'top'
> > command : the % of memory used per process is very low
> >  but nevertheless the memory is fully used !!
> 
> The memory which is not used by programs is used as a disk
> cache by the Linux kernel. The moment the memory is needed
> again for programs, the cache will be freed and the memory
> will be used for the programs.
> 
> linux-mm-www/kernelnewbies: anyone up to making an FAQ ?
> 
> regards,
> 
> Rik

I've been planning to add a "Frequently Flamed Threads" section for a
while now, with all the u-kernel, automount, overcommit, etc. but
I haven't had time to start one yet.

john 

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