linux vm.dropcache,drop_caches Linux清空缓存

drop_caches

Writing to this will cause thekernel to drop clean caches, dentries and inodes from memory, causing thatmemory to become free.

To free pagecache:

echo1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

To free dentries and inodes:

echo2 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

To free pagecache, dentries andinodes:

echo3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

As this is a non-destructiveoperation and dirty objects are not freeable, the user should run `sync' first.

http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt

注意：在清空缓存之前使用sync命令同步数据到磁盘

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#cat /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

0

默认是0，1表示清空页缓存，2表示清空inode和目录树缓存，3清空所有的缓存

# sync

# free -m

total used free shared buffers cached

Mem: 499 323 175 0 52 188

-/+ buffers/cache: 82 416

Swap: 2047 0 2047

# echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

# free -m //发现缓存明显减少了

total used free shared buffers cached

Mem: 499 83 415 0 1 17

-/+ buffers/cache: 64 434

Swap: 2047 0 2047

#

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