On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 2:35 PM aaronb via golang-nuts <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for the clarification. The system I am testing on is swapless, so > maybe would explain why RSS is not increasing. >> >> On a swapless system, freeing pages in a given range happens instantly, >> regardless of memory pressure. > > > My suggestion for wording would to be more specific about the details: "On > Linux systems MADV_FREE is now used by the runtime to release unused memory > spans. This may result in higher reported RSS. The kernel will reclaim the > unused data when it is needed."
Thanks, sent https://golang.org/cl/155438. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
