From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261352AbTEYGFK (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 02:05:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261392AbTEYGFK (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 02:05:10 -0400 Received: from coral.ocn.ne.jp ([211.6.83.180]:61926 "EHLO smtp.coral.ocn.ne.jp") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261352AbTEYGFJ (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 May 2003 02:05:09 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:18:16 +0900 From: Bruce Harada To: Robert Creager Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problem with virtually no buffer usage in 2.4.21mdk kernel Message-Id: <20030525151816.4a433953.bharada@coral.ocn.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: <20030524223320.7c1ac413.Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org> References: <20030524223320.7c1ac413.Robert_Creager@LogicalChaos.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.0 (GTK+ 1.2.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 24 May 2003 22:33:20 -0600 Robert Creager 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