On 2006-09-09 Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you consult /proc/meminfo, you'll see that updatedb causes a > massive increase in slab size.
> It turns out that this isn't a problem for the system: starting a > memory-hungry application causes that space to be reclaimed. (I used > Unreal Tournament 2004 to demonstrate this, but I'm sure you can think > of others.) [...] > Based on my very limited understanding of kernel memory management, I > think that the actual bug is that free, top, etc. consider "slab" to > be "used" rather than some sort of buffers/cache, which seems to be a > more accurate description. [...] Thanks you for spelling this out nicely. I am going to reassign it. cu andreas -- The 'Galactic Cleaning' policy undertaken by Emperor Zhark is a personal vision of the emperor's, and its inclusion in this work does not constitute tacit approval by the author or the publisher for any such projects, howsoever undertaken. (c) Jasper Ffforde -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
