2.1.84/5/6 behave pretty much as you'd expect, the swap area is used
less and the file cache is reclaimed.
Peter
On 16-Feb-98 David Burrows wrote:
>Hi..
>
>I was wondering if someone could answer a few questions I have about linux
>and the swap code and performance related issues. First of all, here is
>my /proc/meminfo, while I'm writing this mail in X, with Netscape, mp3
>player and loads of other stuff.
>
> total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached:
>Mem: 31817728 31322112 495616 21299200 81920 17403904
>Swap: 16445440 7856128 8589312
>MemTotal: 31072 kB
>MemFree: 484 kB
>MemShared: 20800 kB
>Buffers: 80 kB
>Cached: 16996 kB
>SwapTotal: 16060 kB
>SwapFree: 8388 kB
>
>Ok, so its using around 8mb of swap, and has around 17mb of file cache.
>Would it be more efficient to reclaim used swap space and shrink the file
>cache? Are there any arguments for, or against this?
>
>Also, 20mb of shared memory? Wow, what exactly does this mean? That 20mb
>of my allocated memory is usable by other applications via dynamic
>linking?
>
>Overall I'm very impressed with the performance that Linux 2.1.86 gives
>me, I'm running a libc 2.06 system and use pgcc 1.01 exclusively with zero
>problems so far. No crashes, no segfaults.. Nothing out of the ordinary.
>In fact, it quite amuses me that the developer/unstable versions of Linux,
>are more stable than release builds of Windows. :)
>
>Oh not to mention I run the same kernel on 3 computers.. Another pentium,
>a 486 with 8mb of ram even which I use as a ppp/masq gateway. No problems
>there either. :) I love it, and can't thank everybody involved with Linux
>and the FSF enough.
>
>Congrats to everyone involved, I'm one content user, and may there be many
>more to come. I hope so, If I were Bill Gates, I'd be changing my
>underpants frequently. :)
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave.
>
>
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Date: 16-Feb-98
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