query wrote: > 1 Can there be any impact in performance as there is no swap > activity . No. > Also , would like to know why swap space is getting > consumed when there is no swap activity being taken place . If a program has a large number of subsystems, many of these may rarely be used, resulting in the associated memory getting swapped out and remaining swapped out. This is more common for interpreted languages, as they often read and/or generate data in memory, whereas a compiled program would just map the data from the executable or library. This isn't really a problem, it just means that you need sufficient swap space. Storing data in swap space doesn't impact performance if it isn't being accessed. > Is it a sign of application leaking memory. Not necessarily. > 2. Will disabling memory overcommit will help in improving memory usage . No. -- Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
