Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 14:06:42 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: Greg Quinlan <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk> Cc: Geff Hanoian <boing@boing.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory leaks & kernel panic/reboot & ahc reboot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9905191402590.4567-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <012201bea221$0faeffa0$380051c2@greg.qmpgmc.ac.uk>
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Allow me to jump in quickly: What threshold? Here's the way I've seen it work (empirical observation playing around with that perl script I just sent along): Memory listed as "free" gets malloced first. Then, "Inactive" memory gets used. Finally, swap is used. There may be other steps in the process, but the order of these three should be correct. SB On Wed, 19 May 1999, Greg Quinlan wrote: > So Geff... > > Maybe you can educate me then.... > > After processes have taken all available memory (malloc) down to the > threshold... > What type of memory would be used next? > > Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Geff Hanoian <boing@boing.com> > To: greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk <greg@qmpgmc.ac.uk> > Cc: mike@smith.net.au <mike@smith.net.au>; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> > Date: 19 May 1999 18:47 > Subject: Re: Memory leaks & kernel panic/reboot & ahc reboot > > > >Greg Spews: > > > >> Previously Mike Smith wrote: > >> >The Active/Inactive/Wired/Cache/Buf/Free statistics refer to the > >> >disposition of physical memory. They are unrelated to swap usage..... > >> > >> Physical memory unrelated to swap.... that's a new one! > >> Do you get many laughs? > >> > > > >Greg, > > > > Do you? Many of us are continuing to laugh. Not due to your lack > >of knowledge, but the fact that you are unaware of the lack. > > > >Geff > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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