Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:38:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Thomas Dean <tomdean@ix.netcom.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Physical Memory Allocation Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980630113517.2001H-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199806301705.KAA00358@ix.netcom.com>
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On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Thomas Dean wrote: > This may not be a question for -current, but, it pertains to memory > allocation. I don't know if this happens on a non-current system. > > I do not understand the shift of memory allocation between the various > categories used by top. Running a process which handles memory > properly should have little effect on memory allocation after it > exits. If I start netscape 3.01 and exit, there seems to be a > permanent shift of memory allocation from free to active and wired. > This does not happen with a process that allocates and then frees > memory. > > I have attached information picked from top while these events > transpired and the code I used to allocate/free memory. > > What is the definition of the memory allocation numbers in top? > A remember that netscape asks the Xserver to load TONS of stuff and it is just held there, even after the app itself has quit. also, contents of files are held in varius queues for a while including netscape itself. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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