Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:33:07 +0530 | Subject | need help to clear kernel (2.6.16.17) cached memory | From | Manish Yadav <> |
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Hi,
on my system (based on 2.6.16.17), i am trying to clear the cached memory but it is not being cleared.
mars# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 925 459 465 0 0 231 -/+ buffers/cache: 228 697 Swap: 0 0 0 mars# sync && echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches M1450-mrakesh# free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 925 459 466 0 0 231 -/+ buffers/cache: 227 697 Swap: 0 0 0 mars#
could you please let me know what i am missing here? as per my investigation writing 3 to drop_caches should clear the cached memory.
thanks, manish
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