On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 09:12:50PM +0400, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sat, 8 Mar 2014 00:04:48 +1300 > Chris Bannister <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Linux also use all available > > memory? > > No. Linux will keep unused amount of memory equal to (in kbytes): > /proc/sys/vm/min_free_kbytes
Thanks for the pointer. https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt [...] min_free_kbytes: [...] Some minimal amount of memory is needed to satisfy PF_MEMALLOC allocations; if you set this to lower than 1024KB, your system will become subtly broken, and prone to deadlock under high loads. [...] Microsoft have got theirs set wrong! :) -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140308021415.GC18373@tal
