Mapped more than Cached in /proc/meminfo
From: Mulyadi Santosa <hidden>
Date: 2011-08-10 07:26:41
From: Mulyadi Santosa <hidden>
Date: 2011-08-10 07:26:41
Hi/// On 09/08/2011, =/_00/\/\ [off-list ref] wrote:
Hi, Thanks for replying Here is one observation worth mentioning. On boot system it shows Mapped < Cached (In fact much less)
quite predictable.... during booting phase, your system read() much by doesn't mmap() that much....
After using system for some time following commands are executed. # sync and echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_cache Whenever above command is executed I can see Mapped > Cached.
by echoing "3" to drop_cache, you flush the content of page cache as much as possible ... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com