2.4.0test3-pre6 hogging mem for cache

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These things all seem to show up after a day but I noticed this during a
compile.. why does it keep 17 meg in cache when it's 20 meg into swap ???

        Gerhard

        total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
Mem: 30855168 25186304 5668864 0 1425408 17805312
Swap: 21151744 21073920 77824
MemTotal: 30132 kB
MemFree: 5536 kB
MemShared: 0 kB
Buffers: 1392 kB
Cached: 17388 kB
HighTotal: 0 kB
HighFree: 0 kB
LowTotal: 30132 kB
LowFree: 5536 kB
SwapTotal: 20656 kB
SwapFree: 76 kB

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