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What is “kernel dynamic memory” as reported by smem?
While diagnosing low memory problems in my desktop machine (details at U&L) I've noticed that my noncache "kernel dynamic memory" is big:
# smem -twk
Area Used ...
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Discrepancy between reported used memory and sum of application memory usage
I'm running a desktop system that quite regularly suffers from lack of memory, this prompted me to investigate what causes the issue in the first place.
Problem is, there's no single process that ...