Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2011-08-10

Mapped more than Cached in /proc/meminfo

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 ...


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regards,

Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant
blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com
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