linux-kernel - Re: VM - a plenty of inactive memory

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Message-ID: <87myo2redk.fsf@saeurebad.de>
Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:56:39 +0200
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...urebad.de>
To:	"Andreas Grimm" <agrimm61@...il.com>
Cc:	"KOSAKI Motohiro" <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VM - a plenty of inactive memory

Hi,

"Andreas Grimm" <agrimm61@...il.com> writes:

> Hi Kosaki,
>
>>  # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
>>
> that frees exactly the 1,5Gigs in the buffers and the cache. Inactive
> memory is still at 25GB.
> Any other hint?

Could you supply the rest of /proc/meminfo?

	Hannes
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