From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: Gregory Giguashvili <Gregoryg@ParadigmGeo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Correctly determine amount of "free memory"
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:16:06 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041206151606.GA4149@outpost.ds9a.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <06EF4EE36118C94BB3331391E2CDAAD9CD060A@exil1.paradigmgeo.net>
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 04:53:34PM +0200, Gregory Giguashvili wrote:
> Assuming that I define "free memory" as maximum memory that can be
> allocated without causing swapping, is there a way I can give the best
> "free memory" amount estimate?
On the side, it would not hurt to study 'overcommit' and mlock(2). The
answer to your question is not static unless care is taken.
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Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-12-06 14:53 Gregory Giguashvili
2004-12-06 15:16 ` bert hubert [this message]
2004-12-06 18:26 ` David Schwartz
2004-12-06 15:57 Gregory Giguashvili
2004-12-06 16:10 ` bert hubert
2004-12-06 17:04 Gregory Giguashvili
2004-12-06 19:00 Gregory Giguashvili
2004-12-07 15:58 Gregory Giguashvili
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