linux-kernel - Re: VM question - accounting of SysV SHM

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Message-ID: <20071017165857.08b887e9@bree.surriel.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:58:57 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VM question - accounting of SysV SHM

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:49:07 -0400
"Lee Revell" <rlrevell@...-job.com> wrote:

> Sorry to ask this question on the list but I've Googled and found
> nothing.
> 
> Is system V shared memory accounted for as Cached, or as normal
> application memory?

Cached.

Shared memory segments basically are tmpfs files.

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