Re: LINUX-MM

["Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:49:11 EST, Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU> said:

>> 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.

It's nothing to do with SysV shared memory. 

The behaviour is there, but the only impact on the normal user will be
that "free" lies a little.  No big deal: it just shows up as cache.  The
effect is only a matter of when we recover the memory, not whether we
recover it.

--Stephen
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