Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:06:53 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Sean Murphy <smurphy@calarts.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory Problem? LEAK? Message-ID: <20050714010653.GB67608@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <42D5B2F4.4070203@calarts.edu> References: <42D5B2F4.4070203@calarts.edu>
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--s2ZSL+KKDSLx8OML Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 05:33:56PM -0700, Sean Murphy wrote: > FreeBSD 5.4 Release > Kernel is generic with SMP and Quotas >=20 > I was monitoring the system while running make and i noticed that the=20 > Free Memory would slowly tick down while make is running I figured that= =20 > was normal. However when it was finished it did not return the Memory=20 > to Free Status. >=20 > It must reclaim some RAM because It never touches the swap when I launch= =20 > a program. This is a sever not in production yet it has no user base=20 > and no load so I don't see a reason for this. >=20 > here is an output from w > 5:29PM up 1 day, 7:49, 2 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.03, 0.00 >=20 > I am curious why FreeBSD does not free the Inactive RAM? Is this=20 > Normal? If so does it ever reclaim the RAM? Please see the FAQ. Kris --s2ZSL+KKDSLx8OML Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFC1bqtWry0BWjoQKURAlgIAJ9hnT0JYlP2C5GGgkC1Ha+bC3GCewCgrH/8 F71ZwyseDpr7fmjHvrlSn54= =1F1p -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --s2ZSL+KKDSLx8OML--
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