[CentOS] Why swap if there's still physical memory available
Scott McClanahan
smcclanahan at sigovs.com
Thu Nov 19 21:20:52 UTC 2009
> Also, the top values may not tell the whole story - RES should include
> paged-in code plus memory allocated by the program. VIRT includes code
> not paged in yet and linked shared libraries, so the difference may not
> all be in swap.
>
I thought I remembered reading (maybe LKML) that RES also didn't account
for the COW efficiency of shared libraries. Meaning RES could
potentially show a value which is larger than actual physical memory
used. Sorry if I'm spreading misinformation :)
Thanks.
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