Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 25 May 2003 15:18:16 +0900 | From | Bruce Harada <> | Subject | Re: Problem with virtually no buffer usage in 2.4.21mdk kernel |
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On Sat, 24 May 2003 22:33:20 -0600 Robert Creager <Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org> wrote:
> My apparent problem is I'm seeing virtually no buffer usage, as checked from > /proc/meminfo. The system has been up for 11 days, with heavy dB and file > access activity (Gb's worth per day), yet the buffer usage never budges. Am > I missing something fundamental, have I boffed the kernel build, or is there > a problem? I would appreciate any pointers. > > total: used: free: shared: buffers: cached: > Mem: 2119151616 2068426752 50724864 0 90112 1888358400 > Swap: 2089177088 70832128 2018344960 > MemTotal: 2069484 kB > MemFree: 49536 kB > MemShared: 0 kB > Buffers: 88 kB > Cached: 1823808 kB > SwapCached: 20292 kB > Active: 1209640 kB > Inactive: 712324 kB > HighTotal: 1179136 kB > HighFree: 2044 kB > LowTotal: 890348 kB > LowFree: 47492 kB > SwapTotal: 2040212 kB > SwapFree: 1971040 kB
Count the columns - the '0' is for shared memory, not buffers. As for why shared memory shows as zero, that's in the FAQ:
http://www.tux.org/lkml/#s14-3
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