Mingliang wrote: > For example, my process continuously consumes 30MB memory. > $ ps aux|grep job > joe 17941 0.0 0.3 33104 31096 pts/16 S 15:50 0:00 ./job 30 > ^^^^^^^ > > Now I stop it > $kill -STOP 17941 > [1]+ Stopped ./job 30 > > $ ps aux|grep job > joe 17941 0.0 0.3 33104 31096 pts/16 T 15:50 0:00 ./job 30 > > So it doesn't consume CPU time any more, BUT is there also a way to > swap out the 30MB memory? > Can it be accomplished manually (some signal, maybe?) or is it only > the kernel who can make decision? You can't force it to be swapped out. If it's suspended long enough, it will get swapped out eventually. -- Glynn Clements <glynn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-c-programming" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
