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On 09:48 Thu 14 Dec , Grant wrote: |
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> The "Swap: 24k" then remains. Is that normal? |
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If the question is whether it is normal that the swap space is not freed |
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even when it's not being used anymore, the answer would be "yes". |
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Writing to disk is too expensive, so I think the kernel does free the swap |
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space only when it really needs that space. Someone correct me if I'm |
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wrong though. |
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