On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 08:49:57 +0100 Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2011-01-25 02:50 +0100, Celejar wrote: > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:41:07 -0600 > > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > > > > ... > > > >> tmpfs doesn't reserve much (if any) memory. So, unless it is being > >> actively > >> used by files in the tmpfs, it can be used by other applications. > > > > I'm somewhat confused about this. My system has 2GB of RAM, and I have: > > > > $ uptime > > 20:46:09 up 5 days, 5:30, 9 users, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.25 > > > > $ free > > total used free shared buffers cached > > Mem: 2065172 1047312 1017860 0 66064 357512 > > -/+ buffers/cache: 623736 1441436 > > Swap: 1949688 102364 1847324 > > > > $ df | grep tmp > > tmpfs 1032584 16 1032568 1% /lib/init/rw > > tmpfs 1032584 0 1032584 0% /dev/shm > > none 1032584 2440 1030144 1% /tmp > > > > So my /tmp is using 1GB. > > No, because more than 99% of the space on /tmp are free. But if that memory isn't actually reserved for the tmpfs filesystem, and is actually available for other uses (until /tmp fills up), than shouldn't that memory either be reported as 'free' by free, or used for disk caching, etc., and therefore be reported as 'used'? Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110125150327.57f185cc.cele...@gmail.com
