Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:51:20 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is swap space ever reclaimed? Message-ID: <20000322175120.G21029@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200003230006.QAA90221@monk.via.net>; from joe@via.net on Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 04:06:59PM -0800 References: <200003230006.QAA90221@monk.via.net>
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* Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net> [000322 16:39] wrote: > > I wrote a quick program to allocate a bunch of memory (and write to every page) > and then the process exits. > > pstat shows the swap space growing, but after the test program terminates, > pstat still shows the swap space as allocated. > > Will freebsd ever reclaim unused, previously allocated swap space? Of course, the reason you still see swap allocated is that _your_ program forced _other_ programs out of memory, pages of thiers are still in swap. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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