Yes, the -f option would possibly free memory back to the OS, depending on the memory management library. jemalloc does keep around some amount of memory to reuse.
-Bryan > On Nov 17, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Vamsi Ambati <va...@neumob.com> wrote: > > > I am running traffic_server with -f option and using Jemalloc, then would > ‘free' routine release the memory to the OS or it internally holds it for > future mallocs ? > > > Vamsi
