Free kernel memory

[klussier at comcast.net]

> >> > 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?

Yup. And that is why we have been using Valgrind, and we are now looking at Purify. I don't claim to understand the request. I guess they want to make sure that the kernel is efficient in it's memory handling, and by flushing the cache, they can control the memory usage? What do I know, I'm just a sysadmin :-)

C-Ya,
Kenny