-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/25/08 11:46, David wrote: > Hi list. > > Is it normal for 'top' to show that most of your physical memory is > used when there aren't any processes running? (besides the usual init, > getty, klogd, sshd, etc).
Yes. > I assume that this memory is being used for Linux caches - file > buffers etc to speed up disk access and so on. Yes. > Is there a way to tell > how much memory the Linux kernel is using, and what for? Not really. Kernel 2.6.26 should expose better memory usage data, but apps like top(1) will have to be rewritten to use the new info. > I'm busy tracking down OOM killer issues on a server and I'm wondering > if there is a memory leak somewhere (eg: lvm or another kernel > module). Nothing (besides the usuals) is running, but top is showing > 900/1024 MB ram used, and 158/1024 MB swap used. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA We want... a Shrubbery!! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIEiUnS9HxQb37XmcRAlv0AJ9bdynCZUNZoktfKm2DtNijkUFXywCgg5Hp ZkjCVLaytwWys3OrDP1SPkM= =FGMV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
