Re: That greedy Linux VM cache

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Date: Fri Jan 31 2014 - 13:26:17 EST


On Fri, 31 Jan 2014, Igor Podlesny wrote:
> Probably every Linux newcomer's going to have concerns regarding
> low free memory and hear an explanation from Linux old fellows that's
> actually there's plenty of -- it's just cached, but when it's needed
> for applications it's gonna be used -- on demand. I also thought so

Yeah right, we wish it would...

Anyway, maybe this helps?
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.mm/112554/focus=81834

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Henrique Holschuh
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