linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.24-rc7: memory leak?

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:22:50 +0900
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	CaT <cat@....com.au>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.24-rc7: memory leak?

Hi

> > > Should all this cache usage not be counted towards the
> > > 'Cached' entry in meminfo rather then getting counted as part of used
> > > ram. 
> > 
> > Cached is only the page-cache, not all the other caches we have..
> > This someones confuses people, but one gets used to it. slabinfo allows
> > one to easily view others.
> 
> So what would I have to do to find out the real amount of memory free?
> Would that be the MemFree field in /proc/meminfo plus, from
> /proc/slabinfo, *_cache and size-*?

SReclaimable field can't fill requilrement? :)


-kosaki


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