Memory Leak Issues

[Glenn Steen]

On 25/10/06, Matt Kettler <mkettler at evi-inc.com> wrote:
> Glenn Steen wrote:
> > On 25/10/06, Matt Kettler <mkettler at evi-inc.com> wrote:
> >
> >> For what it's worth, modern MS Windows does the same thing, but less
> >> aggressively, because there's more overhead associated with reducing
> >> the cache size.
> > This is a first.... "Justifying" Linux kernel behaviour with the
> > argument that Bill is doing the same... Jesus! What is the world
> > coming to!? :-D
>
> Well, I wasn't "justifying" it.
>
> My point was more like: "Every vaguely modern desktop or server OS does this,
> even Microsoft Windows, so you should already be familiar with this behavior."
>
> ie: What hole have you been hiding in that you've not seen this before?
>
> If I'd not seen it before, I'd be terrified at what I see in my Windows task
> manager right now.. less than 40mb "available", but over 30% of my physical
> memory is "System Cache".
>
Methinks you missed a few smileys there Matt;-). With a modicum of
seriosity, of course. But generally speaking, yes, one has to have
hidden i a hole for an extended period of time to have missed it,
couldn't agree more.

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