Re: Correctly determine amount of "free memory"

[bert hubert]

On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 04:53:34PM +0200, Gregory Giguashvili wrote:
> Assuming that I define "free memory" as maximum memory that can be
> allocated without causing swapping, is there a way I can give the best
> "free memory" amount estimate?

On the side, it would not hurt to study 'overcommit' and mlock(2). The
answer to your question is not static unless care is taken.

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