Free kernel memory

Paul Lussier p.lussier at comcast.net
Fri Jun 2 09:21:01 EDT 2006


klussier at comcast.net writes:

>> > I am looking for a way to flush the cached memory from a system.
>> 
>>   Why?
>
> Ah, yes.... The question of "Why?". That was my first question,
> too. The reason behind it is silly, really. Basically, it is so
> engineers and QA can more easily track memory leaks in their
> code. If they can see the amount of "actual free memory", then it
> will somehow help them find their problems....

Isn't this what profilers are for?
-- 
Seeya,
Paul



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