From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261312AbTEYEUr (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 00:20:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261323AbTEYEUr (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 00:20:47 -0400 Received: from vsat-148-64-8-86.c119.t7.mrt.starband.net ([148.64.8.86]:260 "EHLO chaos.mshome.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261312AbTEYEUp (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 00:20:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 22:33:20 -0600 From: Robert Creager To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Problem with virtually no buffer usage in 2.4.21mdk kernel Message-Id: <20030524223320.7c1ac413.Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org> Organization: Starlight Vision, LLC. X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="=.qD0gm5wG3w1/.h" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=.qD0gm5wG3w1/.h Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Please CC me personally, as I'm not subscribed] Hey folks, I'm using a custom built 2.4.21 kernel from the Mandrake 9.1 distribution. The hardware is dual AMD Athlon 2600+ system with 2Gb of registered DDR ECC memory, SCSI and ATA disks. 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 Thanks for your time, Rob -- O_ --=.qD0gm5wG3w1/.h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAj7QR5EACgkQgy51bQc2FFkIdwCg3h6/6edI4AuxL+uT/cyWOgJ/ zx8AnjFrTJeCApNqbGspLWo88rw2Jxl1 =AfKr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=.qD0gm5wG3w1/.h--