On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 02:01:05PM +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Roger Oberholtzer wrote: [ 8< ]
If not immediately, over a decent amount of time. But this is not the case. * Only when I unmount the file system does the cache get freed. Immediately.
Try /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Plus several other settings from /proc/sys/vm/ vfs_cache_pressure, max_map_count, dirty_expire_centisecs for example. You already played with /proc/sys/vm/swappiness? default value is 60 It might also be of benefit to compare the kernel-desktop vs kernel-default settings. See /boot/config-VESRION-[default,desktop] See /etc/sysctl.conf with a hint to man pages in the header. Very likely you'll get much better feedback on the kernel list. Cheers, Lars -- Lars Müller [ˈlaː(r)z ˈmʏlɐ] Samba Team + SUSE Labs SUSE Linux, Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany