Re: size of swapped-out part of the process

[Andreas Schwab]

"Victoria Muntean" <vikimun@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Can you possibly explain what types of pages create  "VSZ>>RSZ"
> effect in total absence of swapping and plenty of free memory ?

Any mapping that hasn't been touched yet.  A page that is never read nor
written will never become resident.

Andreas.

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