Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Jul 2000 02:29:04 -0700 (PDT) | From | Gerhard Mack <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.0-test3 Why is my system swapping rather than freeing the cache ? |
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On 13 Jul 2000, Juan J. Quintela wrote:
> >>>>> "gerhard" == Gerhard Mack <gmack@innerfire.net> writes: > > gerhard> Is there a reason it's going this far into swap this far? system is System > gerhard> is linux 2.4.0-test3 > > gerhard> [root@innerfire /root]# cat /proc/meminfo > gerhard> total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > gerhard> Mem: 30593024 27238400 3354624 0 692224 15863808 > gerhard> Swap: 21151744 21106688 45056 > gerhard> MemTotal: 29876 kB > gerhard> MemFree: 3276 kB > gerhard> MemShared: 0 kB > gerhard> Buffers: 676 kB > gerhard> Cached: 15492 kB > gerhard> HighTotal: 0 kB > gerhard> HighFree: 0 kB > gerhard> LowTotal: 29876 kB > gerhard> LowFree: 3276 kB > gerhard> SwapTotal: 20656 kB > gerhard> SwapFree: 44 kB > > gerhard> On the bright side it seems to be still responsive when this far into swap > gerhard> and it used to be unusable when this far into swap. > > gerhard> System is linux 2.4.0-test3 > > Could you test test4-preX, it has a patch that should solve that > problem. >
Kernel 2.4.0-test4-pre6
total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: Mem: 30855168 30105600 749568 0 401408 12279808 Swap: 21151744 18051072 3100672 MemTotal: 30132 kB MemFree: 732 kB MemShared: 0 kB Buffers: 392 kB Cached: 11992 kB HighTotal: 0 kB HighFree: 0 kB LowTotal: 30132 kB LowFree: 732 kB SwapTotal: 20656 kB SwapFree: 3028 kB
Quite a bit better didn't see SwapFree hit 0 this time though I wonder what my performance would be like if cached < swapfree.
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack
gmack@innerfire.net
<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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