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Re: LINUX-MM



> > Thanks for your reply.Unfortunately the memory is not (at least
> > not completely) returned to the system after the program has
> > finished (as the OS comand 'free' tells me).
> 
> Hmm, what version of the kernel are you using?
> 
> IIRC there's a slight bug in some of the newer kernels
> where the swap cache isn't being freed when you exit
> your program, but only later on when the system tries
> to reclaim memory...

I believe the problem lies in the fact that there is not enough
SysV shared memory available.
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