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That's why Linux does keep a certain amount of RAM actually-free, so that it can hand over some pages immediately. If the amount of actually-free RAM goes below
by mnw21cam 3y ago
That's why Linux does keep a certain amount of RAM actually-free, so that it can hand over some pages immediately. If the amount of actually-free RAM goes below a certain amount, then it will pre-emptively evict a load of cache pages.