Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 16:04:02 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about FreeBSD swapping Message-ID: <15172.54850.915555.810142@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <120599299@toto.iv>
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Dan Larsson <dl@tyfon.net> types: > During some heavy compilations my 4.3-STABLE box used some of its > swapspace. However now long after the program is compiled the swapspace > is still used (according to pstat -T, swapinfo and top). > > Why doesn't the box release this swapspace? Because it hasn't needed it for anything else? One of the things I've noticed that FBSD does differently from other eunices is that it tends to not deallocate/free/delete things until it needs to. If it never needs to, or better yet can reuse the things in that state, it'll save time. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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